Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirmed his help for fellow actors and the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike by the use of a historic donation to the SAG-AFTRA Basis Aid Fund.
Actors first went on strike on July 14, when their contract with the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) expired, citing issues over their residuals from streaming platforms and AI utilization.
Because the strike – together with the Writers Guild of America’s personal strike – continues, ad infinitum, the veteran actor helped be certain that the much less lucky of the 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA are supported financially as all manufacturing in Hollywood comes to a halt.
Talking with Selection, Courtney B. Vance, president of the SAG-AFTRA Basis (a non-profit group related to the union, although not a part of it) revealed Dwayne’s unbelievable help of their fund: a seven-figure donation that marked “the most important single donation” the fund has ever obtained “from one particular person at one time.”
His donation got here following a letter Courtney and government director Cyd Wilson wrote to 2,700 of the union’s highest-earning actors, a few of whom are Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Vin Diesel, Tom Cruise, Zoe Saldaña, and others.
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In 2022, Forbes cited Dwayne because the world’s highest-paid actor, his earnings reportedly sitting at $270 million.
© GettyFor his upcoming film Crimson One, an action-adventure Christmas movie, he was reportedly paid $50 million, the very best wage of his profession and the largest pay for an actor for a single half, a document beforehand held by RDJ over his $40 million wage for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil Struggle.
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All in all, his net value sits at a whopping $800 million, reportedly, a near 300% improve from his reported 2009 net value, $30 million.
© Getty“It was a love fest. It’s like, ‘Man, you are stepping up in a approach that is permitting others to know the dire necessity of it,'” Courtney recalled of his dialog with the film star after he reached out providing his assist.
He continued: “This is him saying, ‘In such a time as this, I am right here and I am not going anyplace, no matter you want me to do.’ And that sends an enormous message to folks to do the identical factor.
© Getty“What is superb is that that one examine is going to assist hundreds of actors hold meals on their desk, and hold their children protected, and hold their vehicles working,” he mentioned, including: “And it isn’t misplaced on me that he is very humble about this, however it is a approach to get us began.”
Dwayne began his profession in skilled wrestling and soccer within the Nineties, earlier than making his approach in direction of Hollywood within the early 2000s. A few of his most notable films are Journey to the Middle of the Earth, his roles within the Quick and Livid franchise, Jumanji, Moana, Black Adam, and others.