Huge TV hit produced by Disney and broadcast on NBC, This Is Us is now visible on Hulu across the Atlantic and on Disney+ in France. Securing the rights by the streaming service resulted in a bidding battle, as revealed at the time by the HollywoodReporter, the return on investment being guaranteed, even if the platforms do not reveal their audiences. So obviously, it would be tempting to think that the stars of the series, starting with Mandy Moore, receive comfortable royalties thanks to streaming.
However, according to the actress, the biggest check she received for this amounted to… 81 cents! As a result, the star actively participates in the strike launched by SAG-AFTRA, the union of American actors, in the hope of obtaining fairer remuneration from streaming platforms.
“Residual rights are a big problem,” she said in an interview with the HollywoodReporter on the sidelines of the picket set up in front of the Disney studios located in Burbank, near Los Angeles.
An unprecedented movement
“We are incredibly lucky, as active actors, to have been on shows that have been hugely successful in one way or another,” continued Mandy Moore. “But a few years ago, many players in our position could live off their residual rights, or at least pay their bills. »
The actors union declared a strike last week, following in the footsteps of Hollywood screenwriters after weeks of fruitless negotiations with studios. A movement which had not been seen since 1960 and which is already paralyzing many productions and which is on track to last.