Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has made a huge seven-figure donation to the ongoing American actors’ union SAG-AFTRA strike.
While union members fight Hollywood studios for fair contracts, one of the most famous performers in the world is sharing some of his good fortune.
The Rock made a hefty contribution to help actors who are taking a financial hit during the strike.
According to a report in Variety, Johnson has made a “seven-figure donation,” exact amount not revealed, to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation (“a non-profit organization associated with the union, but not part of it”), answering a plea sent out to 2,700 of the guild’s highest-paid members to help offset financial hardships brought about by the strike.
The union has 160,000 members total, according to the trade, so you can see how unbalanced the scales are.
“We rely on donations and grants to provide services,” the group’s executive director Cyd Wilson told Variety, noting that the group also reached out to its most financially solvent members for help during the pandemic.
“But when we hit a crisis like this and we’re going to spend millions and millions of dollars in financial assistance, this is when we need our high-profile talent who can afford it, who are in a situation to help others.”
