If there’s one man who’s proved he’ll go to any length for the movies, it’s Tom Cruise. Last month, he tried once again to do just that, reportedly popping into a negotiating session between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of Hollywood’s studios, and the industry’s largest union, SAG-AFTRA. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise appeared over Zoom to lobby AMPTP on issues like artificial intelligence usage and stunt performers, urging it to hear out SAG-AFTRA’s concerns. The trade reported that “no other star of his caliber participated in the negotiations in this capacity.” The mission may have been accepted, but it seems it wasn’t quite accomplished; just five weeks later, contract negotiations broke down and more than 160,000 working actors went on strike alongside the writers’ guild.
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