Sean Penn Pickets Outside Disney; Slams AI: “Has A Certain Sickness Attached To It”
deadline.comSean Penn has protested wars in Iraq, walked with democracy demonstrators in Cairo and spearheaded natural relief efforts. But today in Burbank, CA on the 19th day of the SAG-AFTRA strike, and 92nd day of the WGA work stoppage, the two-time Oscar winner braved the muggy 87-degree weather in support of his fellow writers and actors.
If you glance on social media, you might notice that some stars are off on far away vacations during this tumultuous time as the guilds are at odds with the AMPTP, but not Penn who circled Disney Studios several times today with his Into the Wild star Emile Hirsch.
They were joined by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, Yellowjackets’ Melanie Lynskey, Veep‘s Timothy Simons, 30 Rock‘s Jack McBrayer, 2x Oscar winner Jane Fonda and Mrs.
Davis co-creator Damon Lindelof. “There’s going to have to be a reality check with the producers in the sense that long term, an exploited business is a not productive one for anyone and that this is a quality of life and basic decency issue that the idea that anyone would even have to seek to have, let’s say the AI ownership of another human being’s anything has a certain sickness attached to it,” Penn exclaimed about the issues impacting actors currently.
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