Atwell gave her diagnosis on the film industry, which has been crippled by the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) strike and the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) strike, when speaking at the London Equity actor’s rally last Friday. She quoted research from Deadline when saying that "87% of SAG-AFTRA members don’t earn enough to qualify for health insurance."
"There is an illusion that if you are seen on telly, then you’re fine, but for most people, that is not the case," she said. "This is not an industry that is thriving. It is an industry on its knees."