14 cents residual earnings for acting in a Marvel series: the dark side of the industry that Hollywood actors protest

hollywood is currently going through one of the most critical moments in its history. The actors and writers strike They have caused an innumerable number of blockbusters and very ambitious projects to have suffered an indefinite stoppage in their filming. But if they have made this break, it is because of cases like the one we will discuss below.

Through a Rolling Stone report, the actress Noelle Renée Bercy He has explained the mismanagement that production companies are carrying with respect to online streaming services such as Netflix or Prime Video. It turns out that the residual income that the actress received for playing Evita in the Marvel series Cloak and Dagger They were nothing more and nothing less than 14 cents.

“AI is not the only problem. It is greed. Human greed is the problem,” Bercy told the magazine. Until now, these residual earnings from broadcasting different series through digital platforms were a pittance for most actors, so the aim of this strike is to improve the situation so that no interpreter is left with the crumbs while the big producers are left with a large part of the cake.

But, as the actress has commented, another problem that affects both scriptwriters and actors and actresses is the use of Artificial Intelligence. There are many studios and producers that have gotten down to work to find substitutes in the form of AI for reduce costs and streamline the production process of many films, which could lead to a total substitution of some jobs where human value is necessary.

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