01/10/2002

FAEE, the Spanish actors’ federation, called the request made by Eduardo Campoy, president of the Spanish audiovisual producers’ association (FAPAE), to accept lower salaries “innorportune”, given that “negotiations for a collective contract between actors and audiovisual producers are currently underway.”
Early last week Campoy spoke of the need to maintain costs as a way of avoiding further distress to the already troubled Iberian film industry. One of the leading dissenters is Javier Bardem who said, “I want to be paid for what I produce. And that’s all.”