James Cromwell is one of the great understated actors of the last few decades—he's been in some of the finest films made over that time and has always turned in a good day's work.
Unfortunately, he is also vegan, which—and whatever you think of veganism, you can't deny this—means he's going to do a lot of weird stuff like this from time to time:
James Cromwell took a dramatic stand for PETA Tuesday morning by supergluing his hand to a Starbucks counter in protest of the coffee chain's up-charge for vegan milks.
Appearing on a Facebook livestream, the "Succession" star, 82, rattled off facts about the cons of producing dairy milk from cows as he remained stuck to the Midtown Manhattan shop's counter alongside other PETA members.
Despite advocating for inclusivity, Starbucks "still discriminates against those who can't have dairy" by making customers "pay more" for vegan options such as almond milk and oat milk, Cromwell claimed.
Okay I'm not here to debate the relative ethical or legal merits of veganism and/or omnivorism (though c'mon we both know which one is better). I'm just here to point out that maybe Starbucks charges more for oat milk because... oat milk costs way more to produce?
I mean, here's a half gallon of normal milk from Walmart, with the price per ounce clearly noted:
Now here's a bottle of oat milk, again with the price per ounce highlighted:
Notice any difference? And you didn't even have to superglue your hand to a counter to find out!
To Cromwell's credit, it's a pretty hardcore thing to Loctite your hand to a countertop in protest of anything. And man, the news reports made his extraction from the situation seem positively nuts:
Police eventually arrived on the scene, and Cromwell used a knife to detach his hand from the countertop so he would not be arrested.
WOWZA! Did he hack his own hand off?? That would surely send a message.
Oh wait nah nevermind:
"Really good job," Cromwell added as he received lotion to help his irritated hand.
Well I guess this sort of constitutes some kind of win for you Mr. Cromwell, whatever that's worth!
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