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wizardofloneliness
Dec 30, 2008

Hughmoris posted:

Yeeeeesh. Why the hell does Amazon keep giving these HUGE budget shows to showrunners with little (or lovely) experience? They did it with Wheel of Time, Rings of Powerbottom, and soon to be God of War.

Presumably the same reason Marvel does it, namely that it's easier to maintain control over the final product with an inexperienced person with less connections who is probably just glad to be there.

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wizardofloneliness
Dec 30, 2008

Open Source Idiom posted:

Aren't they scabbing just by virtue of applying for the job, particularly when you've got actors like Alex Lawther and Essie Davis, neither of whom would have much difficulty getting work based on their CVs and awards history. Perhaps not quite as prestigious a role, but ho hum.

I guess it would depend on when they were cast, though actors are often cast only a couple of weeks before filming, so I dunno. I can't imagine they weren't aware that they'd be non-(SAG) union labour replacing striking actors.

I guess there's not quite enough information to go one way or the other here, but I can still see the case for them being scab labour.

Where are you getting this information from that they're replacements for striking actors? The SAG members of the cast aren't filming and the non-SAG members who are in Equity are filming. It would be a breach of contract for the Equity people to decide not to film, it doesn't have anything to do with being a scab or not.

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