“I’ve to promote my home,” the Pose actor mentioned in an interview with the London-based publication Night Customary.
“Yeah! As a result of we’re on strike. And I don’t know once we’re gonna return [to work],” he continued. “The lifetime of an artist, till you make f***-you cash — which I haven’t made but — remains to be cheque-to-cheque. I used to be presupposed to be in a brand new film, and on a brand new tv present beginning in September. None of that’s taking place.”
The article did not additional elaborate on Billy promoting his residence. As an alternative, Billy directed his consideration to the nameless studio exec who informed Deadline in July, “The endgame is to permit issues to pull on till union members begin shedding their flats and shedding their homes.”
“You’ve already starved me out,” Billy informed the publication.
Billy additionally known as out Walt Disney Firm CEO Bob Iger, who mentioned in July that the “degree of expectation” writers and actors have concerning their ongoing contract disputes is “simply not reasonable.”
Billy did not agree with Bob. “I don’t have any phrases for it, however: f*** you. That’s not helpful, so I’ve stored my mouth shut. I haven’t engaged as a result of I’m so enraged. I’m glad I’ve been over right here,” he mentioned in reference to being in London the place the interview was carried out. “However after I return I’ll be part of the picket strains.”
