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Or even promote the movies they've already made. as a result, stars cillian murphy, matt damon and emily blunt left the premiere of christopher nolan's oppenheimer in london last night as the strike was declared. the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that's been rejected by those on strike. the guild's president, fran drescher, said the decision by actors to walk out was a �*moment of truth'. we are being victimised by a very greedy entity. i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it, quite frankly. how far apart w...

Christopher nolan's oppenheimer in london last night as the strike was declared. the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that's been rejected by those on strike. the guild's president, fran drescher, said the decision by actors to walk out was a �*moment of truth'. we are being victimised by a very greedy entity. i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it, quite frankly. how far apart we are on so many things. how they plead poverty, that they are losing money left and right while giving hundreds of millions of doll...

Picketing behind her. natasha, tell us what the union members are saying where you are. >> reporter: brianna, it's very high energy today, day one of sag-aftra on strike. they joins writers that having walking the side wwalks for 70 days. i spoke to an actor who definitely has a day job, as she's trying to audition and parts paid in different shows, that is up until yesterday at midnight. here's what she said about how she's feeling energized on the first day of the strike, but also concerned how long this could go on for. >> i'm worried it will go on for a long time. i hope it's not. i'm exci...

This has a real knock on effect with a lot of what we would call extras, background actors, because they could be replaced with computer—generated faces and voices. and they use these day rates where they may get £100 to work for the day. they use that to get by, and that line of work may be replaced entirely. it is fascinating about the role of ai and what that could mean for production and rights people's faces and faces and images and that sort of thing. talk about the impact on production. most film studios will grind to a halt as a result, and even those that are midway through product...

Out here. yeah, it's worrisome. the longer we're out here -- you have a job that's now pushed because of the strike. i think that's the reality for a lot of people. it's conflicting, it's hopeful, exciting, but yeah, we're worried. >> reporter: thousands of people like herrer affected now, in addition to people who don't even work on hollywood film sits. janitors, florists and more have been feeling the financial pain behalf writers strike. they are now bracing themselves for the long haul. >> the music is playing, the energy is there, but that starts to get tough as the days turn into weeks. ...