Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made a seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Basis Reduction Fund — a contribution the group says will assist assist 1000’s of Hollywood actors at the moment on strike.
Johnson’s donation got here after SAG-AFTRA Basis president Courtney B. Vance and government director Cyd Wilson despatched a letter asking the union’s highest-earning actors for monetary assist, in accordance with Selection.
Although the precise quantity of Johnson’s seven-figure donation has not been publicly disclosed, Vance stated Johnson “stepped up in a significant, historic manner.”
Wilson estimated the donation from Johnson, 51, is sufficient to present monetary help to 7,000 to 10,000 members on strike.
“It’s the biggest single donation that we’ve ever acquired from one particular person at one time,” Wilson advised Selection. “And what’s wonderful is that that one cheque goes to assist 1000’s of actors preserve meals on their desk.”
Johnson has not commented publicly on his donation.
Performers represented by the Display screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) walked off the job on July 14 to hitch the already hanging Writers Guild of America (WGA). The 2 strikes have introduced most Hollywood productions to a screeching halt.
The SAG-AFTRA union represents about 160,000 Hollywood actors. The union declared its members would strike after negotiators failed to achieve a take care of Hollywood’s greatest studios concerning honest pay and improved residuals for actors in at present’s streaming age.
The SAG-AFTRA Basis, a non-profit group that collaborates with the union however just isn’t a component, will use its Emergency Monetary Help Program to assist actors through the strike. Johnson’s donation will probably be added to this system.
“After we hit a disaster like this and we’re going to spend thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of {dollars} in monetary help, that is after we want our excessive profile expertise who can afford it, who’re in a state of affairs to assist others,” Wilson stated.
She stated the muse’s monetary help offers as much as US$1,500 (almost C$2,000) per particular person member, except there are excessive situations or well being points, by which case a union member could qualify for as much as US$6,000 (about C$7,900).
In line with Forbes, Johnson was the fourth highest-paid entertainer in 2022. Although he was the highest-paid actor on the record, Johnson’s 2022 revenue — reportedly a whopping US$270 million (nearly C$356 million) — was solely surpassed by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, musician Bruce Springsteen and rapper Jay-Z.
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