Striking actors who planned on dressing up as Barbie or Ken this Halloween are going to have to rethink their costumes. SAG-AFTRA has issued some strict costume guidelines for celebrating the spooky holiday amid the ongoing strike, and some actors are calling them out. The union is prohibiting actors from dressing up as popular characters from struck content, like the 'Barbie' movie or Netflix's 'Wednesday', and then posting the images on social media.
00:00Striking actors who planned on dressing up as Barbie or Ken this Halloween are going to have to rethink their costumes.
00:07SAG-AFTR has issued some strict costume guidelines for celebrating the spooky holiday amid the ongoing strike, and some actors are calling them out.
00:14The union is prohibiting actors from dressing up as popular characters from struck content, like the Barbie movie or Netflix's Wednesday, and then posting the images on social media.
00:23Instead, the guild told members on Thursday to quote, choose costumes inspired by generalized characters and figures, ghost, zombie, spider, etc.
00:32SAG-AFTR says members can dress up as characters from non-struck content, like an animated TV show.
00:38However, Marvel superheroes are not allowed despite having comic book roots because they're owned by Disney.
00:43The union wrote, let's use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract.
00:50Some actors quickly took to social media to call the rules over the top.
00:54Mandy Moore wrote on her Instagram story,
00:56Is this a joke? Come on SAG-AFTR, this is what's important? We're asking you to negotiate in good faith on our behalf.
01:03So many folks across every aspect of this industry have been sacrificing mightily for months.
01:08Get back to the table and get a fair deal so everyone can get back to work.
01:12Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds mocked the rule on X, writing,
01:14I look forward to screaming scab at my 8-year-old all night.
01:17She's not in the union, but she needs to learn.
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