Photos: Actors scare up spooky costumes for Halloween on the picket lines
Jay L. Clendenin
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Striking actors in Halloween costumes posed outside Netflix headquarters on Tuesday.
Witches, black cats, jack-o’-lanterns, spiders, cowboys and vampires lurked outside Netflix’s offices in Los Angeles this week in the latest group effort by striking actors to spook the major Hollywood studios into agreeing to their demands and bringing an end to the work stoppage that has haunted the entertainment industry for months.
The performers union, SAG-AFTRA, hosted two Halloween pickets on Tuesday, “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble!” at Netflix and “Spooky Solidarity Day” at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank.
Check out who they dress up as on this spooky picket line at Netflix.
Abby Rizo, left and Mika Dyo came dressed as actor Pedro Pascal, based on a photo of Pascal himself picketing. Isaac Burks dressed as a mariachi.
Chris Paseka was making balloon animals, a skill he used during his first acting gig.
Martin Perea, who is not a member of SAG-AFTRA but said he felt compelled to come out and show his support, dressed up as union President Fran Drescher's iconic TV show character, "The Nanny." Jeffrey Johnson wears a costume of his own creation, "Captain Black," from his 2017 film of the same name.
Emily Kincaid, a strike captain, as a vampire.
Thando Skwatsha, wearing his best "baby" costume. Adrian Dev, a strike captain, channeled his alter ego, Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
Griffin, A.K.A. "Sunnny Meltdown Riviera," a 45-year member of SAG.
Cameron Laventure, right, as Link from "The Legend of Zelda" and Ari Fromm as Todd, with their dog as Mr. Peanutbutter, from "BoJack Horseman." Stevie Nelson as Rosie the Picketer.
Dylan Seaton, who says his costume is, "generic, brooding Chicago-area line-cook."
Mykle McCoslin, a national board member from Texas, dressed as an L.A. woman. Da'rrel Hobbs came as the "South Park" character Token dressed as a Vulcan from "Star Trek."
Joyce Federik, a strike captain dressed as a black spider and cobweb.
Bennie Arthur, a strike captain, dressed as a ’70s guy. Strike captain Heather L. Tyler doubling as a witch.
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