Monday, April 7, 2008

AGAIN????


NBC’s "Heroes" was forced to cut its second season down to 13 episodes as a result of the picketing writers, however if things don’t change in the way actors get paid the serious could end up in worse trouble.

Back in February, the Screen Actors Guild hinted that there is potential for a strike on the horizon over the renewal of actor contacts, but would only take the action if it would benefit its members, whose contracts expire June 31.

Speaking with fans at the recent Eclipse event in the United Kingdom last month, "Heroes" star Sendhil Ramamurthy revealed that the possibility of SAG going on strike could essentially kill the series. Bit the actor is hopeful that negotiations will stop that from happening.

"Hopefully producers and SAG will get together and sort something out," he told fans at the event. "My last scene [on 'Heroes'] was filmed on Oct. 23 so I’m hoping we’ll get something together cause I’d really like to get back to work."

During the strike, projects were few and far between for Ramamurthy … but he was able to pass the time through sports.

"My tennis game got really good. I was playing all the time," he joked. "Things have to be changed on the way writers and actors are paid. And hopefully something will be done otherwise you might loose the show again for a while."

At the moment, SAG has about 120,000 members with the Federation of Television and Radio Artists following suit with approximately 70,000. About 40,000 actors also have dual membership.

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