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Susan Sarandon Says She’s ‘Still Had Movies Taken Away Recently’ Over Palestine Support: ‘There Are Agencies That Are Telling People Not to Hire Me’
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In Short: Susan Sarandon, the veteran actress, has spoken candidly about the ongoing impact of her public support for Palestine on her career in Hollywood.
Susan Sarandon, the veteran actress, has spoken candidly about the ongoing impact of her public support for Palestine on her career in Hollywood. At the 2026 Venice Film Festival, Sarandon revealed that she continues to lose major roles due to her activism, despite a shift in public awareness about the U.S. support for Israel. She stated, 'I’ve still had movies taken away recently because there are agencies that are telling people not to hire me still.
Sarandon was dropped by her agency, United Talent Agency (UTA), in 2023 after attending several pro-Palestinian rallies and making inflammatory comments. The actress, who has been vocal about the U.S. support for Israel, noted that the narrative around Palestine and Israel has changed in the U.S., but industry figures still hold strongly against her views. She said, 'How much money the United States gives to Israel. Nobody really understood that.
Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera explained that while Sarandon's participation in the film 'The Echo Chamber' is possible, major studios have told her that it is not. Sarandon, who stars in the romantic drama alongside Luca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander, said, 'I think yes, there has been a change in terms of understanding of the situation, but there are still very strongly held positions within my industry that are held by Zionists and who have not relaxed their feelings toward me.
Sarandon's comments on the U.S. House of Representatives' approval of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on July 22, which expands U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation, reflect her broader concerns about the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. She noted, 'Now we have voted to combine the army of the United States with the army of Israel. So there’s a lot of things that people are aware of now.
Despite the challenges, Sarandon remains optimistic, stating, 'I’ve found my family, I’ve found my people, and I’m ok.' Her career highlights include roles in 'The Witches of Eastwick,' 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' and 'Dead Man Walking,' for which she won an Oscar for best actress in a leading role.
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- Susan Sarandon spoke candidly about her politically fraught relationship to Hollywood while at the 2026 Venice Film Festival promoting the film “ The Echo Chamber.” The majority Italian production is directed by Andrea Pallaoro and co-stars Luca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander, adapting filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci’s last script he wrote before he died.
- Sarandon was attending a press conference for her upcoming film The Echo Chamber, playing Ava, a singer-songwriter who hires a music producer with a history of drug addiction for her comeback album.
- "There's a lot of things that people are aware of now," the Oscar winner told a press conference, referring to the extent of US financial and military aid for Israel.
- Sarandon was dropped by United Talent Agency for telling a rally that Jewish Americans were "getting a taste of what it is like to be Muslim in this country" because of rising anti-Semitic violence.
- She issued a public apology, saying her choice of words had been a "terrible mistake" because they implied "that until recently Jews have been strangers to persecution, when the opposite is true".
- Sarandon said that the Jewish people should be scared after the October attacks.
- Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, where she is promoting her latest movie “The Echo Chamber”, Sarandon said some parts of the film industry continued to shun her over her activism.
- Sarandon was at the festival for her new film The Echo Chamber where she plays a famous singer trying to make a comeback.