“Actors Michael Urie and Lily Gladstone Are Opening Up About How The War President Donald Trump Is Waging Against Diversity, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITATIATIVES MIGHT AFFECT HOLLYWOD. Both Gladstone and Urie Attached the Sag Awards Sunday in Los Angeles, Whose Were Nominated for Hulu’s Under the Bridge and the Apple TV+ Series Shrinking, Respectively.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Both Gladstone and Urie Attached the Sag Awards Sunday in Los Angeles, Whoe Were Nominated for Hulu’s Under the bridge and The Apple TV+ Series Shrinkingrespectvely.
“I am concerned, and i am very worried about all of the minority groups that this adminstraration sems to be going after,” Urie said WHEN asked by The Hollywood Reporter On the Red Carpet IF Hekes Concerned About Howp Administration’s Stance Against Dei Initiatiats Might Reverse The Strides Hollywood Has Made in Recent Years in Terms of Representation. “And [I’m worried] About the Big Corporations That Are Taking It In Such Stride – The Companies That Are Rolling Back Their Own Dei Just Because the Administration Has Rolled Back of the Federal Dei. ”
Since Trump Took Office and Signed Execular Orders Directing Federal Agencies to Terminate All “Equity-Related” Grants or Contracts and Requiring that Feders Lani Google, Amazon, Meta, Target and PepsiCo Have All Made Changes to Their Dei Practices, with Some Corporations Abandoning Their Diverse Hiring Goals Completely.
“IT Scares me,” Urie said. “It Worries Me, Because I’ve Been So Proud of What We’ve Been Doing These Last Few Years in Terms of All of the Dei, Andy’ve Just Turned It Into A Big Old Joke, Andy’ve Just Turned It. We all seem to be in a bit of shock just now. There’s so much coming at US that we don’t know what to do. ”
The actor went on to Share his thoroughts on how those who oppos Trump’s Views on Dei Initiatiats Can Fight Back.
“There is a Lot of People Hurting Right Now, and I Don’t Know What to Do,“ Urie Said. “And I KNOW MOST OF US DON’T, AND I THINK ONCE WE DO, ONCE IT BECOMES CLEAR, How Do We Fight This? How do we combat it? We’ve Got to Be Ready. We all have to brace for it. ”
Gladstone, However, is Hopeful that Hollywood Will Continue to Tell Diverse Stories.
“I Feel Like Hollywood, of Course, Is An Amalgamation of Storytelers and We Reflect the Stories that Audiences Want to See,“ Gladstone told Thr. “American is a big dei experiment. We are an incredibly Diverse Nation, Always have been, and I Think Storytelers Are Going to Represent What the People Want To See. ”
The oscar-nominated Killers of the flower moon Star, who won a sag award in 2024 for her role in the Martin Scorsese Film, Went on to Share How Trump’s Second Term May Actuly Lead to More Creativity and Diversity in Hollywood.
“WHEN THERE’S CONTHING TO REASIST, A LOT OF TIMES IT TURNS UP The Creativity,“ Said Gladstone. “The Flame to Create and Tell The Stories Gets A Little Bit Hotter. So i’m realy look for seeing howa bastify the moments of transcendence and resistance are that come out of our artists over the next However Many Years. ”
A Federal Judge on Friday Largely Blocked Trump’s Exectory Orders That Aimed To End Government Support for Dei Programs, As The Judge Found that Orders Likely Carry constitual. Free-Speech Rights.