Saturday, October 16, 2021

Emma Watson shows solidarity to the IATSE members

 




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"Growing up as a child in film industry, crew members weren't just the people I worked with - they filled in for family. They were ones I saw first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Without these kind, hard working, talented people - I would not have a career and I would not have made it through. There were many times making films I saw extras, and crew members being treated in ways that made me scared for their safety and well being. Whether that was worrying they would get home safely at 5 in the morning after a 16+ hour work day or being asked to work without lunch breaks or rest... I was even aware of AD's being told they would be fired if they were caught sitting down. Often the sleep schedule I would be asked to do on a film would render me a complete mess when shooting was finished and I know I didn't get anywhere close to the worst of it. I honestly don't know how the crews do it.

Thank you to every single crew member in pre, production, and post that I've worked with over the past 22 years... Thank you for your unbelievable dedication, perseverance, patience, and empathy. The very least you deserve is a safe workplace, living wages, and working hours that safeguard your physical and mental health. The films that bring comfort and happiness to so many people would not exist without you. You deserve to see your families too. Thank you to @ia_stories, @BritCrewStories and others for highlighting the huge differences in how actors like myself experience life on set, and the working conditions that are imposed on the gaffers, the HMU artists, the set dressers, PA's and so so many others whose skills are absolutely vital to any production.

This disparity cannot be ignored any longer and the data is stark. Recent research in the UK by @filmtvcharity showed that 9 in 10 people working behind the scenes in film and TV had experienced a mental health problem, with evidence showing that working conditions, industry culture and lack of accessible support create conditions which mean mental health and wellbeing suffer.
Studios and streamers must listen to the hardest working professionals in our industry, and help create a working culture that we can all be proud of, and which respects our labour equality."



Link to the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-amptp-to-make-a-deal-with-behind-the-scenes-workers




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76 comments:

Anonymous said...

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
https://www.imagebam.com/view/ME4B9ZU
Also Eden please don't release the hate comments. Let us have this moment please. I beg of u.

Anonymous said...

Emma seemed tired of the film industry and their bs for a long time. good for her to stand up for change!

Anonymous said...

What is this picture of Emma from? I don't recall seeing it before?

Also, I called she would come back to social media during the lead up to the earth shot event!! ;D

Anonymous said...

Yes, I read a headline in December 2020 I think where it said 'Emma Watson fed up of Hollywood politics and playing their games'. It's good to rock the boat and stand up for the little guys who also have to work on movies, not just the Hollywood stars. There is a danger she finds it harder to get cast in movies by going in on the industry like this but she is right to say these things.

Eden said...

"What is this picture of Emma from? I don't recall seeing it before?"

https://www.emmawatson-updates.com/2018/07/emma-watson-at-from-violence-to-place.html

Anonymous said...

I question emmas other activism often mainly the climate stuff due to her frequent travel but I'm still a fan not a 'hater'. Please understand you can disagree on some things and still like emma!

btw i think this is a good cause and nothing wrong with her posting about this as she has experience with it and it's good she draws light to this kind of thing.

People ignore that there is an entire team of people who often get forgotten about on movie sets its good to remind the public of this.

Anonymous said...

New law Eden can create is no negative posts on weekends? lol

Eden said...

XD If it's the law, it's the law. Doesn't seem like I have much choice.

Anonymous said...

Its good emma is interested in workers rights and labour laws not sure anyone can hate on this

Anonymous said...

Just checked which other actors have come out in support and I noticed one was Seth Rogen.

I wonder if those Semma rumours could be true?

Anonymous said...

Emma said "Workers of the world, unite!" there is no choice but to stan ;)

Her comeback is in full swing now yay!!!!!!!!

Eden said...

"Just checked which other actors have come out in support and I noticed one was Seth Rogen.

I wonder if those Semma rumours could be true?"

If someone doesn't understand this is a joke I'm deleting the blog.

Anonymous said...

She should post in on Insta. Why she is not posting on insta i am not getting it

Anonymous said...

No i have nothing harsh to say on this today honestly a good cause where Emma is qualifed to speak on it

Anonymous said...

Twitter is better for activism more people interact with her post and spread it further on there and news sites pick it up quicker. She might post on insta later though.

Anonymous said...

I hope she goes back to Insta where more people will know about her posts.

Anonymous said...

People on insta are mean in the comments to her i think she ignores this inta page and facebook now and only using twitter as she can mute replies i guess lol

Anonymous said...

semma could be true?

she likes stoner guys but they need a manbun sorry seth

Anonymous said...

"I wonder if those Semma rumours could be true?"
ngl took me a second .

Anonymous said...

Eden was finally not asleep during news xD

Eden said...

This is a miracle!!!

Anonymous said...

I hope people have actually been signing the petition, not just commenting on it; as a minimum wage peasant working in *a different industry*, I know for a fact I get treated better than the film & tv workers do, so maximum solidarity from me :)

Anonymous said...

It's crazy how actors and directors get millions and the crew who are working even harder than them sometimes like carrying equipment all over the place and building sets being there for the same 17/18/19hrs that actors are and then get paid like nothing compared to them. one of the most unbalanced industry its right to stand up for them

Anonymous said...

According to some tweets, it seems that Emma is back in London and she will be preparing for the award, it's been a busy week for her, I'm glad to see her working instead of vacationing XD

Eden said...

We get 4 photos, 1 tweet and 1 event and I'm like "this is the best week ever in the fandom!!!". My expectations have become very low XD

Anonymous said...

Pandemic is mostly over now so of course we can get to see her actually do something again,

people overreact that she is doing nothing the last 2 years but look at the world there is nothing really to do for someone like emma.

she needs events and things that could not be held during the pandemic to work.

dabo said...

"it's been a busy week for her, I'm glad to see her working instead of vacationing XD"

You know she will take another sabbatical year after this.

My expectations are pretty low too, if there's a red carpet, I think she will skip it.

Anonymous said...

Lol yes we are so thirsty for news 1 tweet is the biggest deal of the year hahahahahaha

Anonymous said...

There's a green carpet, I'm not sure she's going to walk on it, not expecting much just expecting a picture of her and Kate together.

Anon said...

Way off topic, but it looks like Emma and Leo are definitely done. He’s back on IG, and it’s the same name he had in the past before dating Emma, but there’s no photos and no profile picture, just a followers and following count. Maybe since the press doesn’t really know anything about it, he’s being discreet about their breakup which I really admire, tbh. Mack went straight back to public after their breakup, which made it obvious that they had broken up. Kind of a bummer that they ended things as they looked like they were endgame and looked real happy and I can’t even imagine how her next relationship is going to be like since Leo seemed VERY promising. Whatever, it’s her life.

Anonymous said...

I'm not too shocked about Leo detectives of the blog figured out something was up as far back as January 2021. I think they fell out tried to make up again it was working a while but faded out around summertime. Emma wants to travel Leo wants to settle in one area it sounds like.

Anonymous said...

Wait, how many accounts does he have? Lol. I know of at least 3, one public account is his old photo, and one I'm not sure if it's his, following his own and emma's friends and family, he seems to be an Insta addict XD

Anonymous said...

I could sense that Leo just wanted to settle in LA, Emma tried but she didn't like there, so she decided in May that she wanted to go back to London but Leo didn't want to go with her, they both like to spend time with their families.

Anonymous said...

The public account supposedly following emma etc is fake. He had two private accounts (one was a business one), but he’s had another private one through the relationship with Emma but that has no photos etc he just uses it to comment and like on stuff. He deleted the photos during the relationship early on as some photos of him leaked. So not back on Instagram, he never left.

Eden said...

Someone posted this comment but there was a little detail that might or might not give away one of Leo's account. Just in case, I took that part out.

"The public account with the black and white avatar was obviously a fake, I originally thought the one [deleted detail] was a fake until his friend @ him confirmed it was his. I know he has 3 private accounts, I only remain suspicious of the other private account, I'm not sure if it's Emma's or Leo's as that one quietly follows family and friends on both sides."

Anonymous said...

Always good to support, everybody should have good working condition, especially when they aren't paid millions like actors!

Only 'negative' thought: didn't she forbide the crew to talk to her on set?

Excited for tomorrow/today!

Anonymous said...

EMMA IS ENGAGED !!!!!!!!

The Semma rumours were true!!!

https://www.imagebam.com/view/ME4BQHW

Eden said...

You're trying to turn the comment section into mayhem and I appreciate it XD

Anonymous said...

"Only 'negative' thought: didn't she forbide the crew to talk to her on set?"

FML. Why does this crap persist?

Eden said...

I didn't even see that part of the comment. I skipped to "Excited for tomorrow/today!" and I was like "yay! *click publish*"

It's so easy to have these kind of rumours spread because even though they can't prove it happened, we also can't prove it didn't happen. People will believe whatever they want.

Anonymous said...


Just to adress emma not liking extras or the crew it all comes from the dobby actress who seems bitter at how little they were paid.

I think Emma was maybe bratty as a teen and did things like not speaking to people who weren't her fellow actors.

Diane said: "When I first started, Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger, was really nice.

"But after about a week she wouldn't say 'hi' and just ignored us – that's not right, just because she's the leading lady doesn't give her the right to be rude to people."

https://www.essexlive.news/whats-on/film/actress-who-played-dobby-harry-471275

But emma was a literal teenager at the time!!! do not hold these things against her teens are little brats all the time she clearly grew out of that mindset.

Anonymous said...

"EMMA IS ENGAGED !!!!!!!!

The Semma rumours were true!!!"

What?

Eden said...

"But emma was a literal teenager at the time!!! do not hold these things against her teens are little brats all the time she clearly grew out of that mindset."

She was already 19 though. But sounds like it could be a misunderstanding. We only have Diane's version, not anyone else so it's hard to say. People had already discussed it a bit on the old blog https://watsonuncensored.blogspot.com/2015/07/dobby-actress-talks-about-emma-watson.html

Anonymous said...

The Semma rumours were true!!!"

What?

Good luck seth and Emma we are rooting for you

Anonymous said...

Tbh i feel Emma has trouble communicating with people in every day life when she isnt acting and maybe has some kind of social anxiety.

people are too harsh on quiet people who are shy and start calling them 'rude'

its unfair and we do not hear Emma explain this story as Eden say we only got one side so there can be no proper judgments made.

Eden said...

I'm not going to publish comments trash talking the Dobby actress. She didn't have a good experience with Emma, it's not the end of the world.

Anonymous said...

"Good luck seth and Emma we are rooting for you"

but Emma is not in a relationship XD

Anonymous said...

Just to adress emma not liking extras or the crew it all comes from the dobby actress who seems bitter at how little they were paid.

Also on Colonia's set.

Anonymous said...

Introvert people have a lot of trouble communicating. I literally have anxiety attack everytime I see new people around me. In any social gathering I used to count 1 to 100 just to pass the time. I used to get lot of shit from people for not opening up. You can't please everyone in the world.

Anonymous said...

Same here, people stop inviting me to things as i would just sit there not saying anything all night as i have nothing to say really and im scared to speak but they take this as 'Oh so you are too good to speak to us???'

"no! im just scared sorry!!" lol

Anonymous said...

Who said she has social anxiety? She always seems outgoing, popular with tons of friends and she likes to party. If she had never said 'Hi' I'd understand but it's not the case.

Anyway, off topic but Eden did you see the photos from the new podcast from Emma's double? Not the ones you posted, two others, one bts where she is in sweetpants and one at an event.

Anonymous said...

People have all sorts of bizarre interpretations of relationships (looking at you extroverts). I was at a conference once and someone introduced themselves. I said hello and gave them my name politely. Then they started following me around and joining in my conversations with other people like we were friends. I ended up leaving early, but I'm sure they probably thought I was rude because I didn't conform to their idea of our "relationship".

Eden said...

"Anyway, off topic but Eden did you see the photos from the new podcast from Emma's double? Not the ones you posted, two others, one bts where she is in sweetpants and one at an event."

I only saw them with the tag of a fan account on it.

Anonymous said...

Well Emma having social anxiety would make sense.

It would explain why it took so long for her to reveal her true feelings to Seth.

Anonymous said...

I don't get where people get that Emma is an extravert from. Emma herself has said multiple times how introverted and at times how shy she can actually be. Which is a disadvantage in her profession seeing as the minute you aren't talkative and smiley or have a resting b*tch face you get a bad rap. Also keeping to yourself or being more reserved than what people want you to be isn't a bad thing. From what I've seen people who randomly meet Emma randomly have all said the same thing for the most part. She's shy, quiet and reserved but nice and can hold a good conversation.

Anonymous said...

All jokes aside but if the Semma joke shows up on headlines from a specific website that love to talk shit about everybody. We'll know that somebody from there is still lurking here

Eden said...

He's been married for 10 years so I doubt they would use him for a "Emma's a serial dater" kind of article.

Anonymous said...

The home wrecker.

Anonymous said...

Introverts are easily misunderstood, I've had similar experiences, not being talkative and feeling anxious about strangers can be misunderstood as rude and impolite, but after getting acquainted with some people they become chatty and friendly. I can understand Emma sometimes distancing herself from extra actors and being aloof to them, she is really insecure and anxious about strangers, and her bitch face (I've seen many people say she has a mean face) can make people have a bad impression of her.

Anonymous said...

I don't get where people get that Emma is an extravert from.

I don't get how anyone can say anything about her personality when literaly none of us is her therapist. But a lot of people seem to preject onto her.

Anonymous said...

Literally in 20 years amongst lots of glowing reports from crew you get one person who says she didn’t say hello… I think that’s doing pretty well. Maybe she just had something happening at the time and distracted. Others have reported her initially seeming standoffish until they started speaking to her. She just seems reserved at first.

In other bigger news - IG takeover! I think this is the first step to her using it again.

Eden said...

Never thought I'd be so excited to see activist!Emma at it again. Not that I didn't enjoy it before, but I always prefered entertainer!Emma. Less meaningful but more entertaining.

Anonymous said...

I think that article was right.. She and UN are now doing the environment sustainable thing together

Anonymous said...

"Never thought I'd be so excited to see activist!Emma at it again. Not that I didn't enjoy it before, but I always prefered entertainer!Emma. Less meaningful but more entertaining."

Now you wouldn't be so shallow that the reason for this is that activist!Emma means fashionista!Emma on the green carpet tonight? XD

Eden said...

Me!? Nonononono.

Anonymous said...

I remembered that a stalker snuck into her class in Headington, she was terrified and hurt at the time which would explain why she stayed away from strangers, her parents hired her a full-time bodyguard, her bodyguard kept strangers away from her at school and on set.

Eden said...

From what I remember it was not her class but an assembly. And I think Emma debunked it but I'm not sure.

Anonymous said...

To quote Emma;
"That stalker stuff was exaggerated. To be honest, my friends were more freaked out that I was. I'm used to it. My friends were quite shocked by how blasé I was about it."

It was a guy who actually entered the school legally when he discovered they were holding open lectures (yep great idea that).

He was warned off, but not charged.

Anonymous said...

There was a stalker on noah set it seemed to be confirmed by media but Emma also later said it didnt happen as well. I think She denies these things to make the stalkers have no power and make sure it doesn't become a huge story and encourage other crazy people to try to copy them.

https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a430466/emma-watson-confronted-by-stalker-on-film-set/

Anonymous said...

that is so scary she has to live like that!

im worried now when i see people on twitter say they see her walking around town by herself in Scotland and other places.

Maybe she has a bodyguard who stays hidden close by at all times just in case even now.

Anonymous said...

It was after the Noah incident that she hired Denise (the ex NY cop) as a bodyguard.

Who seems to have disappeared completely.

Eden said...

"It was after the Noah incident that she hired Denise (the ex NY cop) as a bodyguard."

She worked with Denise since 2005.

Anonymous said...

According to this article;
https://nypost.com/2014/03/24/ex-nypd-cop-now-emma-watsons-150k-a-year-bodyguard/?_ga=1.196560936.508204345.1381948382

She was hired in 2014.
(Admittedly based on info from the DM).

Only pics I've seen of them together are from that 2014 timescale.

Eden said...

Yeah, it's wrong. She's been seen with Emma since 2005.

Anonymous said...

An obsessed Harry Potter fan has been questioned by police after reportedly sneaking into Emma Watson's school and confronting the young actress.
The 16-year-old starlet, who has played Hermione Granger in all five Potter films so far, was appointed a private bodyguard as officers warned the stalker off campus.
The man — aged in his 20s — followed Watson into some of the open lectures she attends, The Sun reports.
"The man was an admirer who was over-zealous," a source told the magazine. "He found out there were some open lectures at the school and attended them."
"He left Emma alarmed when he approached her and started talking to her about the Potter films."
"The school was informed and so were Emma's parents. The decision was made to call in the police as the man was not known to her."
"A minder was also hired to be with her."
"The police spoke to the man and he was warned off in no uncertain terms. There have been further incidents since they spoke to him."

Anonymous said...

I think it’s sad that with the millions of followers she’s got there are still very few signatures to the petition. Not sure how someone can argue against campaigning for better working conditions for those at the bottom of the pile. A far more important subject than her appearance at the awards tonight.