“Jurassic Park” star Jeff Goldblum on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday threw a few struggling actors a bone when he invited them on the show to impersonate him, in a short comedy segment that helped them reach the $1,401 acting-income threshold to obtain health insurance through the Screen Actors Guild.
Mr. Goldblum introduced the actors, all wearing gray wigs and thick, tinted black-framed eyeglasses, giving them an opportunity to deliver a few lines impersonating him on air which in turn helped bridge gaps in their actor pay to access the union insurance.
According to Deadline magazine, the segment followed a casting notice on the show that called for actors within hundreds of meeting the $1,401 requirement. Of the participating actors, one was just $356 short of the threshold.
Addressing the unglamorous side of acting, Mr. Goldblum told audience members that “the vast majority of actors” are just like them… “working-class people just trying to make ends meet.”
