American filming banned by unions because it does not respect anti-Covid measures

SAG-AFTRA, a union of American actors, is asking its members not to work on the Arkansas set of

, a thriller starring Martin Lawrence and John Malkovich. In question, according to the American media

, the attitude of the producer, MC Scared LLC, who

. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is an American union representing more than 160,000 actors, extras and media professionals, working in film, television, advertising, video games, radio, music.

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The call resounds like a thunderclap in the world of American cinema because this type of measure is only used exceptionally.

The “Do Not Work” procedure is reserved for heavy negotiations between the big unions, very powerful in Hollywood, and the studios.

But it hardly ever hits a particular production or shoot.

Or is brandished only as a threat: most of the time, producers regularize their situation in time, before such a notice is published.

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In any event, union members participating in the

filming

are urged to end their collaboration

.

, wrote the union Wednesday, stressing that violating this prohibition can lead to disciplinary action or exclusion, outright, as Hollywood unions have the right to do.