The actors’ strike could get dirty for actors low on cash this summer. Regulars of, for example, ‘Lost,’ ‘CSI’ and ‘Ugly Betty’ claim the studios still owe them a big chunk of cash, a back pay caused by the writers’ strike last winter. They were temporarily suspended during the strike, but their contracts entitles them to 2,5 weeks’ pay when suspended for ‘extraordinary circumstances.’

The Screen Actors Guild says hundreds of actors still owe over $10 million in paychecks. “The employers have refused to live up to their contractual obligations and have instead attempted to shift the studios’ financial obligations onto the backs of the actors who are their employees,” a spokesman said, totally shifting the focus of their current negotiations.

The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, spokesman for the studios, could not comment because of the pending judgment on this case.