Guardians of the Galaxy’s Sean Gunn has criticized Disney CEO Bob Iger’s comments about the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) strikes. Just before SAG-AFTRA went on strike for the WGA on Thursday, Iger, 72, appeared on CNBC’s “Squawkbox” and said the upcoming Actors Guild strike would be “very bad for the company as a whole.”…
“It can even affect the economies of different regions just because of the size of the company. It’s a shame, really a shame,” he added. Gunn, 49, referenced Iger’s remarks from the picket line on Friday in a TikTok video shared by The Associated Press.
“When Bob Iger says, ‘What a shame,’ I think we need to remember that CEOs like him made 30 times as much as minimum-wage workers in the 1980s,” said the actor. said. “Now Bob Iger makes 400 times what his lowest worker is, and I think that’s a f—— shame, Bob.”
Gunn continued, “Maybe you should take a look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, ‘Why is that?’ and not only why is that, is it okay? Is it morally okay? Is it ethically okay that you make much more than your lowest worker?”
Gunn is the brother of “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise director and DC Film co-CEO James Gunn, 56. He has played Kraglin Obfonteri in all three installments of the franchise as well as the Disney+ tv movie “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Thor: Love and Thunder” and the Disney+ animated series “What If…?”
He also starred as Kirk Gleason on the drama series “Gilmore Girls” during the show’s seven-season run from 2002 to 2007. Along with “Gilmore Girls” stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, Gunn returned to reprise his role in the 2016 revival miniseries “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.”
“Gilmore Girls” debuted on the WB and moved to the CW ahead of its final season. In 2014, Netflix began streaming all seven seasons of the series. Gilmore Girls produced by Netflix: “A Year in the Life” was later released on the platform before airing on The CW.
In addition to criticizing Disney and Iger, Gunn vented his frustrations with Netflix and streaming giant co-CEO Ted Sarandos and CEO Reed Hastings. “I especially wanted to come out and protest Netflix,” he told The Hollywood Reporter from the picket line on Friday.
Mr. Gunn expressed regret that the delays due to streaming were minimal.
“I was on a TV show called ‘Gilmore Girls’ for a long time that made a lot of money for Netflix,” he said. “It has been one of their most popular shows for a very long time, over a decade.