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What CSI Cast Members are Saying About the Strike

by KD Griffin

CSI cast members all seem good natured about the strike. Many have even joined the picket line.

Gary Sinise chatted with writers as they picketed a CSI:NY shoot in downtown Los Angeles. “Pretty soon, we will all be out of a job,” Sinise told Writers Guild Assocation. members who peppered him with applause and thank-yous.

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William Petersen, who picketed with writers, contended that most actors support the writers in their bid for better compensation. “There isn’t an actor I talk to who doesn’t feel what the writers are going through.”
(You can also see Gary Dourdan talking about the strike in the video below)


Online Videos by Veoh.comMarg Helgenberger has walked the picket line on several occasions and had this to say at the onset of the strike: “I’m glad to be standing alongside these people. If there was ever a time in history to stand up, this is it. This is where you draw the line in the sand.”

Writers and studio execs are scheduled try again on Friday. Let’s hope it all works out.

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