Stellan Skarsgård on the strike in Hollywood: "Of course we will strike"

The strike in Hollywood also affects Swedish actors. Among others, Malin Barr and Stellan Skarsgård join in solidarity.

- It's damn good, of course we're going to strike!, says Stellan Skarsgård to SVT Kulturnyheterna.

Stellan Skarsgård describes the strike as "expected". He filmed his last scene in an American production at 8pm on Thursday night, shortly before the strike was called.

- It was really on the clock. This will affect the launch, says Stellan Skarsgård, who has several international projects underway.

How does it feel?

- Damn good! Of course we're going to strike! If we don't strike there will be terrible effects, even now the digital possibilities to sample people are terrible. The tech giants want to hire people for a day and then be able to use them in media, in known and unknown universes, forever. It must be stopped. It is about the right to one's own face and to one's own body, he tells SVT Kulturnyheterna.

Criticism of streaming giants

Stellan Skarsgård is particularly critical of Apple, Amazon and Netflix:

- They advocate the gig economy. That there should be total freedom to exploit people as much as you want. Those who own the companies are no longer interested in film, or interested in quality. They are only interested in making money.

via SVT.se Photo by Claudio Breschiani/TT - Google Translate was used for this Swedish article