James Cromwell

Actor and noted animal rights activist James Cromwell glued his hand to the counter of a Starbucks in New York City on Tuesday in protest, ...

They suffer no less than human mothers would." When will you stop raking in huge profits while customers, animals and the environment suffer?" The activist, nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for the first "Babe" film in 1995 and a star of 1997 best picture nominee "L.A. Confidential," glued his hand to the counter of the Starbucks on Broadway between West 39th and 40th Streets.

'Babe' Actor James Cromwell and another man glued themselves to the front counter in the store while others held signs protesting the policy.

I cared about their welfare and then of course you have lunch and it’s all there in front of you, and I thought, ‘I should go the whole hog,’ so to speak. He later recalled that on the project he was “working with a lot of animals and animal trainers. The police were soon called and reportedly asked the protesters to leave, which they did after about 30 minutes.

"Succession" and "Babe" actor James Cromwell was protesting Starbucks's nondairy milk upcharge.

On the film, he was “working with a lot of animals and animal trainers. Cromwell may be best known as an actor, but he has a long history of activism, dating back to his involvement in the U.S. civil rights movement. (In fairness, a handful of adhesive might make it harder to play “Hey Jude.”) Mother cows cry for their infants for days,” adds Cromwell, clad in a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Free the animals” and reading from a piece of paper held in his free hand. “They were about to be arrested,” one protester explains in the video. “We respect our customers’ rights to respectfully voice their opinions so long as it does not disrupt our store operations,” a Starbucks spokesperson said in a statement.