Who are you referring to as overpaid? There's like 100,000+ people in SAG. Of that, the A-list stars make up a tiny number of that. The A-list stars get a lot of money, but that's not what's driving the strike (though A listers are supporting it). It's more about the working actors and on down the line. These people aren't getting paid much of anything relative to what the shows earn. Not just some rando background actor either. People you'd recognize. It's a misnomer that because you're famous on a TV show or movie that you're rich. And beyond that, one of the bigger sticking points of the strike (both of them) is how the studios aren't being forthcoming about streaming numbers, which affects pay. TLDR of that specific issue is the streamers are lying about view count so they don't have to pay out the actors/writers their residuals that are due to them. The best way people can look at this is think of your current employer and the a salary you are making. What if you found out your employer is keeping 1000s of dollars that you are actually entitled to? But it wasn't just your employer, but your industry so its not like you could quit that job and go work the same role in another company. That's basically what's going on in the WGA and SAG strikes (among other issues such as AI mentioned above)
