Famous for his role as Steve Stifler in the American comedy, Seann William Scott expressed his support for the strike of Hollywood actors and screenwriters.
The Hollywood industry is currently facing one of the most forceful strikes in decades. Screenwriters and actors have stopped all their activities to demand salary increases and an end to the use of artificial intelligence, among other demands.
Amid this situation, actor Seann William Scott, known for his role as Steve Stifler in American Pie, was surprised by revealing that he received an extremely low salary for his work in that film, which led him to sell churros to survive.
According to Deadline, the interpreter assured that he only received eight thousand dollars for his participation in the successful film, even though American Pie grossed 235 million dollars at the box office.
"I remember I bought a used car for something like five thousand or six thousand dollars. And I don't remember what happened to the other two thousand, because I ended up selling churros at the Los Angeles Zoo. So it might even have been less than eight thousand." thousand dollars," the actor told the aforementioned media.
Although this sum may be insignificant compared to the film's earnings, for William Scott it represented a significant amount at the time.
Fortunately, the success of American Pie, especially the character of Stifler, catapulted him into higher-paying roles, reaching a salary of five million dollars in the latest installment of the franchise.
On Thursday, July 13, the actors began a strike that has completely paralyzed the entertainment industry in Hollywood, looming a million-dollar crisis for the union and a wave of cancellations of productions, awards, conventions, and promotions.
The actors demand an increase in the minimum wage, reduced by inflation and streaming, the regulation of image rights concerning artificial intelligence, and coverage of the cost of self-recorded auditions.
They also ask for more transparency in the process of paying residual rights and fair remuneration for these amounts.
The last time actors went on strike against studios was in 1980 over the benefits of home videotapes and pay television and it lasted three months.
Now, the actors are preparing to continue a fight that could last months, until the AMPTP decides to return to the negotiating table.
