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Speaking with self-professed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, the former Nanny star spoke at length about the strikes, and blamed studios such as Iger's for a lack of a resolution.
The prediction, aired by three prominent studio chiefs Tuesday, comes as the dueling strikes from Tinsel Town's writers and actors brought the industry to a virtual standstill last week.
“There’s going to be a lot of blood in the water,” Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus of USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab, said. “This is not going to end well.”
Hollywood top executives figured they could ride out a skirmish with screenwriters reeling from technology’s changes to the industry.
Three days after SAG-AFTRA voted to show solidarity with the WGA, a former Hollywood executive warned the film and television industries could see “devastating effects” if both strikes are “not settled soon.”