Bethany had a starring role in a film that was shot in her hometown of baton rouge, louisiana. though the screen actors guild, an actors' union, exists in louisiana, bethany was not required to join it because of the state's law.

It is because of the state’s right to work law. There is different kind of law in the states and the right to work is one of it. Right-to-work laws forbid union security agreements, or agreements between employers and labor unions, that govern the extent to which an established union can require employees' membership.