Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed SAG-AFTRA and the WGA’s historic double strike at the top of Wednesday’s earnings call.
“This strike is not an outcome that we wanted,” he said. “We make deals all the time. We are constantly at the table negotiating with writers, with directors, with actors, with producers, with everyone across the industry, and we very much hoped to reach an agreement by now.”
Sarandos acknowledged the “enormous pull” strikes can have on families both financially and emotionally, citing his own upbringing in a union household.
“You should know that nobody here, nobody within the AMPTP and I’m sure nobody at SAG or the WGA took any of this lightly,” he added.