Los Angeles:

Honking horns, simmering warmth, a smattering of stars, and a whole lot of anger at Disney boss Bob Iger.

The Hollywood actors’ strike kicked off on a sweltering Friday morning in Los Angeles, simply over 24 hours after contract talks collapsed with studios.

Several hundred actors swelled the ranks of picketing tv and film writers, who’ve been pounding the palm tree-lined sidewalks outdoors Netflix, Warner, Paramount and extra for nicely over two months already.

“No contracts? No actors! No wages? No pages!” went the chants, as organizers from each unions begged strikers to maintain hydrated and keep off the roads, the place passing automobiles and vehicles blared their horns in assist.

“It’s a wonderful celebration of workers. This is more than an entertainment industry labor strike — it’s all of labor, all over the country and the world,” mentioned “Titanic” star Frances Fisher, 71.

“Everybody’s standing up,” she advised AFP, yards award from the historic arched entryway to Paramount Picture studio.

Chanting writers welcomed the brand new inflow of noticeably louder voices from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), and expressed hope that the arrival of worldwide recognizable faces ought to convey renewed consideration to the actions.

Stars together with Allison Janney (“The West Wing”), Mandy Moore (“This is Us”), and Ben Schwartz (“Sonic the Hedgehog”) joined rank-and-file actors on the picket traces, whereas Jason Sudeikis and Susan Sarandon confirmed up throughout the nation at protests in New York.

“It feels historic,” mentioned Zev Frank, 36, a author on Amazon Prime collection “Patriot.”

“To see them show up like this, in huge numbers, it feels different today. It feels electric.”

“We’re part of an industry that has so many people that are front-facing, so that extra PR is gonna be helpful, said Tien Tran, 36, star of sitcom “How I Met Your Father.”

– ‘Disgusting’ –

Among other demands, SAG-AFTRA is asking studios for pay rises to keep pace with inflation, a greater share in the profit of hit shows or films.

Those proposals were dismissed by Disney CEO Bob Iger this week as “unrealistic” — comments that invoked fury among several strikers interviewed by AFP.

“He’s refurnishing his home proper now for $5 million, and these folks do not even have medical insurance… it is disrespectful and disgusting,” said Shawn Richardz, an actress who has appeared in “Treme” and “Nip/Tuck.”

“This man is saying we’re asking for unrealistic issues? Are you kidding me?”

“That was a very prime instance of the mindset of the folks on prime,” agreed actor E.J. Arriola 42.

“As artists, we have been round for thus lengthy, and there does not appear to be any form of respect.”

Many heaped praised on SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, whose similar language in a press conference announcing the strike Thursday went viral.

She was swarmed by fellow actors outside Netflix on Friday, as the crowd cheered her comments and took them up as chants.

Elsewhere, among the hundreds of SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America signs, placards from other Hollywood unions representing behind-the scenes crew and transport workers were visible among the marchers.

“I’ve no units to construct with out actors,” read one slogan.

Both of those guilds re-negotiate their own contracts with studios next year.

“If they should stroll off the job, then we’ll be there to assist them too,” mentioned Frank, the author.

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