Gilmore Girls’ Sean Gunn Laments Netflix’s Lack of Residuals From 1 of Their ‘Popular Shows’
usmagazine.comSean Gunn was a Gilmore Girls fan-favorite throughout its seven-season tenure, but he now is airing his behind-the-scenes grievances with streaming giant Netflix during the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.“I wanted to come out and protest Netflix because I was on a television show called Gilmore Girls for a long time that has brought in massive profits for Netflix,” Gunn, 49, told The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, July 14, from his perch on the SAG-AFTRA picket line in Los Angeles. “It has been one of their most popular shows for a very long time, over a decade.
It gets streamed over and over and over again, and I see almost none of the revenue that comes into that.”He added: “You really need to rethink how you do business and share the wealth with people.
Otherwise, this is all going to come crashing down.”Gunn, who played the quirky Kirk for all seven seasons of The WB’s Gilmore Girls, is standing in solidarity with his fellow members of SAG-AFTRA.
The union — which represents more than 160,000 performers — authorized a strike earlier this week after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) did not address any of their concerns regarding fair wages and the use of artificial intelligence during contract negotiations.Per terms of the strike, union actors are forbidden from filming any TV or movie projects nor can they promote them during planned interviews or on social media.
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