Last year, Ryan Reynolds did a little promo spot for his movie
Free Guy. You remember, that movie where he played an NPC in an MMORPG that managed to develop self-awareness?
The spot highlighted two of the "background actors" (NPCs, if you will) in the movie: Janelle Feigley ("Woman jogging") and Brandon Scales ("Man with Briefcase").
These actors may not get any lines or even appear in the credits, but they still have to show up for makeup and wardrobe, hit their marks, remember and respond to their cues, know exactly what to do in the scene, and make it look natural.
The same sort of actors that the Screen Actors Guild is striking for - so they don't get replaced by AI creatures.
