Although the joint SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes have halted nearly every major production in Hollywood, more than 40 projects have been cleared to continue filming under an interim agreement aimed at independent films. But some actors have cried foul on that technicality—including Sarah Silverman, who publicly opposed this practice in a video shared to her Instagram on Thursday.
“What the fuck? I got offered an indie movie, I fucking said no, and so did a bunch of my friends. And now some of my friends are saying yes,” Silverman said in her video. “I’m really pissed.”
While there are more than 300 member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), production companies including A24, which won the best-picture Oscar last year, are not a part of the organization. A24 is still making films now despite the strike, as are other “truly independent” producers—reportedly featuring actors including Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Paul Rudd, and Jenna Ortega.
Silverman said she didn’t know if she should be “mad at these movie stars making these indie movies that are obviously going to go to streaming” or angry with “SAG for making this interim deal for these indie movies” during the strike. “It’s scabbing. You’ve made that so clear that it’s scabbing,” she continued. “Now, all of a sudden movie stars can make movies if they’re indie movies that where they promise they’ll only sell it if X, Y, and Z? That’s called the end of the strike, motherfuckers!”
The Emmy winner, who has been spotted on the