Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reunite on picket lines
Breaking Bad's cast has reunited to urge Hollywood companies to begin negotiations with strike actors.
"We want you to come back to the table with us," Bryan Cranston said outside Sony Pictures Studios on Tuesday to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. More than a month after SAG-AFTRA joined striking Hollywood writers, Cranston was joined by Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemons, and other members of the "Breaking Bad" world in an effort to energise picket lines.
Both organisations are attempting to solve concerns brought about by streaming services' dominance, which has altered all elements of production and pay in the business.
"The way things were structured ten years ago made a lot of sense, and it made it easier for journeymen-type actors, actors in the middle who are working just as hard or harder," Plemons remarked.
Breaking Bad was one of the most watched and top rated cable TV shows in its last season, which aired more than a decade ago. The AMC smash series has endured in popularity on Netflix, but its stars claim that this is not reflected in their remuneration.
"To be completely honest, I don't get a piece from Netflix on Breaking Bad, which is insane to me," Paul remarked.
"I think a lot of these streamers realise they've been getting away with not paying people a fair wage for a long time, and now it's time to pay up," added the actor.
Cranston stated that they chose Sony as the studio behind the Emmy-winning blockbuster, as well as its spinoff ventures, the AMC prequel series Better Call Saul and the Netflix film El Camino.
"We're not making them our adversaries. They are not the bad guys. These are people with whom we will all work again at some point," Cranston added. "We just want them to see reality," said the actor.
"Better Call Saul" cast members Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian joined the picket lines, as did the show's co-creator, Peter Gould, who has been on strike with the Writers Guild of America since May.
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