![]() ![]() ![]() Joking that he was on the “B-list SAG letter” because he was in the second wave of union members to sign, Zach Woods ( Silicon Valley, The Office) says Scheer forwarded him the message after it initially went public. I added in mine and could see other names being added by the minute,” this person said. “At that point, it was already in over 600 names. This member responded too late to be added to the first wave of signatures, but on Wednesday received an email from one of the original signatories, inviting them to sign in a second round. One joint Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA member says they first became aware of the letter Monday, when an actor posted an Instagram story about the message, soliciting signatures. A separate group, meanwhile, was invited to join this second wave of names. The language of the letter was forwarded to potential other signatories in an abbreviated time period, such that once the letter became public, some SAG-AFTRA members who hadn’t yet heard of it rushed to sign on. “It was funny to open it and see the cursor named Anonymous Hedgehog be like ‘JOHN SLATTERY.’ “ “I received a link to a Google doc from Megan Boone over text Tuesday morning,” says Tavi Gevinson ( Gossip Girl, The Twilight Zone), who was among the first wave of signatories, in a text. Via a representative, the group of organizers declined to comment. THR has reached out to several of her representatives to see if she did indeed sign the letter.)Īmy Schumer, Paul Scheer and Paul Downs were key organizers behind the letter, THR has learned. (Confusingly, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher’s name appears on the Google Doc version of the letter, addressed to union leaders. 'Arrow' Stars, Writers Reunite on Picket Line - Sans Stephen Amell ![]()
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