Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell made headlines Tuesday after he super-glued himself to a Starbucks counter in New York Metropolis to protest the corporate's coverage of charging additional for plant-based milk.

Cromwell, who has appeared in movies similar to Babe, L.A. Confidential, Star Trek: First Contact, and the TV collection Succession, protested the espresso chain alongside activists affiliated with (PETA). The group denounced Starbucks' up-charge for vegan milk, calling the problem dangerous to the surroundings and discriminatory in direction of sure clients.

The protest doesn't mark the primary time Cromwell has been concerned in activism. In 2019, Cromwell was arrested and given six months probation for protesting animal testing labs at Texas A&M College. Two years earlier, the actor was sentenced to seven days in jail for refusing to pay fines associated to a protest on the website of a pure gas-fired energy plant close to his residence in New York.

"When will you cease raking in large earnings whereas clients, animals and the surroundings endure?" Cromwell stated Tuesday, with one hand glued to the counter of a Starbucks in Midtown, Manhattan. "When will you cease penalizing individuals for his or her ethnicities, their morals?"

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Actor James Cromwell super-glued himself to a Starbucks counter in New York Metropolis on Tuesday in protest of the corporate's up-charge for vegan milk. Right here, Cromwell is seen on June 12, 2018 at The Walt Disney Live performance Corridor in Los Angeles. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Photographs

"Starbucks has admitted that cow's milk is the corporate's greatest contributor to its carbon footprint. And Starbucks agrees that vegan milks are a giant a part of the answer, nevertheless it nonetheless costs for them!," he continued.

The newest protest was live-streamed by way of Fb, and confirmed Cromwell located amongst a small group of activists sporting PETA T-shirts and holding indicators that learn "cease charging for vegan milk." In the course of the gathering, Cromwell learn a ready assertion during which he outlined how dairy cows are abused and exploited for his or her milk. He additionally accused Starbucks of discriminating towards lactose-intolerant clients, who're primarily individuals of coloration, by charging additional for plant-based options.

After fishing his assertion, Cromwell and different activists might be heard chanting "Save the planet, save the cows. Cease the vegan up-charge now!"

Police had been finally referred to as to the scene, telling protesters to vacate the world, in accordance with PETA. It's unclear whether or not or not the protesters confronted any costs. A Starbucks spokesperson instructed Newsweek on Tuesday that whereas the corporate respects clients' rights to protest, it doesn't condone disruptive habits inside its shops.

"We deal with all demonstrators as clients, and we count on all clients to uphold our buyer coverage expectations," the spokesperson stated.

PETA has beforehand staged comparable protests towards Starbucks. In April, two activists had been arrested after they super-glued themselves to a counter on the firm's headquarters in Seattle, in accordance with Nexstar Media. The activist group has additionally teamed up with different celebrities, similar to Sir Paul McCartney, who penned a letter in late March asking Starbucks to finish the up-charge on vegan milk.

In an interview printed earlier this yr, Cromwell instructed The Unbiased that he is unsure whether or not or not his activism has affected his potential to work in Hollywood. Nonetheless, he added that in in the present day's political local weather, "the easiest way to take care of what you feel is to grow to be engaged."

"I am unable to say I am a revolutionary as a result of that may imply whole dedication. However I am on the cusp, and my time will come when my voice is required once more and my presence will make a distinction," he instructed the information outlet.