"Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me." 🗿
In the 1960s, Diana Rigg found out she was paid less than the cameraman on ‘The Avengers’ and leaked it herself. She was earning roughly £90 per week, while the cameraman earned approximately £120. Some reports suggest her male co-star, Patrick Macnee, was earning as much as £1,000 per week during the show's peak.
When she went public with the disparity, the press and industry insiders labeled her "ungrateful," "a diva," and "mercenary". Rigg noted that she received almost no support from other women in the industry at the time.
It is a stinging irony that while Patrick Macnee (John Steed) was famously a "gentleman" on screen, he remained silent during Rigg’s public battle for fair pay. Despite their legendary chemistry, Rigg stood entirely alone against the studio
Embracing the labels used to silence her, she famously stated: “If fighting for justice makes me difficult, then difficult I shall be”.
As Emma Peel, she refused to be just eye candy. She trained in judo, did her own fight choreography, and delivered every line like she owned the room. “I am not a toy. I am an actress.”
Rigg successfully negotiated a pay raise, doubling her salary to £180 per week. However, she ultimately left the show in 1968, refusing to remain in a system she viewed as exploitative.
Decades later, she walked into Game of Thrones and stole scenes with a single look. Elegant. Ruthless. Unforgettable. Diana Rigg didn’t just play powerful women. She was one.
Literally killed an over one hundred year old legacy and all just for a little bit more profit…This is exactly what he was brought in to do, why he was always resented, and it’s effectively further pushed us closer towards the end of theatrical and physical media releases. Anyone celebrating this or saying, “it could’ve been worse” to justify it…I literally don’t know what kind of a future you see or value but it’s certainly not the one I do.
📺 CBS Primetime, November 20, 1959:
— On The Twilight Zone, a devoted book lover (played by Burgess Meredith) finds himself alone with his collection after a nuclear war. One of the finest episodes of the best TV shows.
Young Frankenstein (1974) stays unbeatable. Gene Hackman begged for a cameo, shot his blind hermit bit in a single day, and walked off set worried he’d ruined everything, then delivered one of the film’s funniest beats.
George Lucas has made a statement on the tragic passing of movie poster artist Drew Struzan:
“Drew was an artist of the highest order. His illustrations fully captured the excitement, tone and spirit of each of my films his artwork represented. His creativity, through a single illustrated image, opened up a world full of life in vivid color… even at a glance. I was lucky to have worked with him time and time again”
Mike Flanagan says his ‘CLAYFACE’ script is inspired by the “Feat of Clay” episodes in ‘BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES’
“That 2-parter knocked me out. The short answer is that is absolutely that is what inspired my script”
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