Star Trek: Picard’s Michelle Hurd says actresses like her can’t make rent

Star Trek: Picard’s Michelle Hurd implies she, and others like her, can’t make rent.

For the first time in decades, the actor and writers’ unions have gone on strike at the same time, bringing a screeching halt to any productions remaining. Most movies and shows shut down due to the writer’s going on strike, but any remaining production, like “American Horror Story” has been shut down as stars have finally followed writers to the picket line. One of the biggest names in the early days of the writer’s strike is Michelle Hurd, of Star Trek: Picard.

Hurd, who joined the Star Trek universe with Picard in season one, and was the only original character from the first season carried over to the final season, recently spoke to reporters and the like while she and other actors were on the picket line.

Posted by Variety, Hurd is heard telling those in attendance that most actors and actresses don’t make gobs of money, in fact many “journeymen” actors live paycheck to paycheck, with Hurd saying;

"Who’s that? What’s her name? I don’t know, but I’ve seen her in a bunch of stuff.’ We are the ones as well who aren’t able to make our rent."

Michelle Hurd of Star Trek: Picard tries to bring attention to the strike

Hurd represents just one of the nearly 160,000 actors and actresses in the actors’ union, many of whom are seen in commercials or as one-episode guest stars in television shows. Most of the talent doesn’t make a lot of money compared to the Tom Cruise’s of the industry, and living in such an expensive state like California is only going to make the expenses even more problematic.

It’s a sad state of affairs we find ourselves in, with studio execs willing to wait out the writers, allegedly, until they went homeless, and if that sentiment is true, the acting guild will likely be frozen out.

If that happens, there could be far more cancellations in the world of Star Trek beyond what we’ve already seen.