Actor doppelgangers fly in the face of union insurance requirements

“Jurassic Park” star Jeff Goldblum on Jimmy Kimmel Live! On Thursday, he blasted some struggling actors when he invited them on the show to impersonate him in a short comedy segment that helped them meet the $1,401 acting income threshold to get health insurance through the Screen Actors Guild .

Mr. Goldblum introduced the actors, all wearing gray wigs and thick, tinted, black-rimmed glasses, giving them the opportunity to deliver a few lines by following him on air, which in turn helped make up for the gaps in pay. their actor to have access to union insurance.

According to Deadline magazine, the segment followed a casting notice from the show that asked actors to percent meet the $1,401 requirement. Of the participating actors, one was just $356 short of the threshold.

Addressing the less glamorous side of acting, Mr. Goldblum told audience members that “the vast majority of actors” are just like them … “working class people just trying to get by.”