Exclusive: Film and TV performers have become Brexit “collateral damage” after the British government failed to reach an agreement with the European Union for creative industry workers to travel visa-free across the continent.
That’s the view of Paul W Fleming, the general secretary of Equity, which represents 47,000 performers and creative practitioners, including high-profile British actors like Helen Mirren, Olivia Colman, and Tom Hiddleston.
Fleming told Deadline that it was “deeply irrational” that the government was more preoccupied by the needs of the UK fishing industry than the creative sector during crunch Brexit talks with the EU late last year. “When you’re more bothered about pollock, you’re not talking about performing arts,” he said.
Fishing was a hot-button, politically-charged negotiating point during Brexit negotiations, but the industry is worth just £784 million ($1.09M) to the UK economy. The creative sector, with its kaleidoscope of world-class film, TV, theatre, and music performers,...
That’s the view of Paul W Fleming, the general secretary of Equity, which represents 47,000 performers and creative practitioners, including high-profile British actors like Helen Mirren, Olivia Colman, and Tom Hiddleston.
Fleming told Deadline that it was “deeply irrational” that the government was more preoccupied by the needs of the UK fishing industry than the creative sector during crunch Brexit talks with the EU late last year. “When you’re more bothered about pollock, you’re not talking about performing arts,” he said.
Fishing was a hot-button, politically-charged negotiating point during Brexit negotiations, but the industry is worth just £784 million ($1.09M) to the UK economy. The creative sector, with its kaleidoscope of world-class film, TV, theatre, and music performers,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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