Hollywood Workers Grapple for a Foothold in an Industry at a Crossroads

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A Wrap series: Entertainment jobs are becoming tougher to hang on to, leaving veterans to ponder new career paths as their personal struggles deepen

Hollywood Holding on- Erin Browne
Erin Browne at her home in Brooklyn (Photo by Guerin Blask)

For many in Hollywood’s television and movie industry, life has become about holding on.

The pandemic and double strikes have taken their toll on the entertainment industry. And the recovery that many had expected has proven messy, at best.

And now, Hollywood veterans — in production, development and whose businesses support the industry — are facing the unimaginable reality that their dreams of making a long career in Hollywood may be coming to an end — or to a moment when they are forced to consider a pivot to a different life.

TheWrap talked to working folks in the industry to understand their personal stories.

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