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"We need to get paid for the work we've already done because someone, somewhere is getting paid for it," says Sprague Grayden.

The American TV and film actor tells ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Newshour that streaming platforms have "blown up" her industry resulting in lower residuals, or royalties, actors received from traditional TV programmes and films.

For the first time in more than 60 years, Hollywood is facing trouble on two fronts: an actors' strike as well as a writers' strike. The major studios failed to reach an agreement with the actors' union over pay and protections.

The negotiators had been trying to agree on pay and the threat posed to actors by artificial intelligence. The guild has 160,000 members. Their walkout would tie in with a strike by Hollywood writers, and would amount to the largest industrial action since 1960.

(Image: A protester holds a poster reading 'SAG-AFTRA Supports WGA' during a demonstration in Los Angeles on 06 June 2023. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock/Etienne Laurent)

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