Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) with Edward Norton (Birdman), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) with Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Hilary Swank (The Homesman) with Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year) with Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) with Jessica Chastain (Interstellar), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) with Laura Dern (Wild), Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice) with JK Simmons (Whiplash), Kevin Costner (Black and White) with James Corden (Into the Woods)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild) with Michael Keaton (Birdman), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) with Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), David Oyelowo (Selma) with Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) with Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Jennifer Aniston (Cake) with Emily Blunt (Into the Woods), Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes) with Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) with Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) with Logan Lerman (Fury)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) with Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Queen Latifah (Bessie) with Taraji P. Henson (Empire), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) with Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black), Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) with Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honourable Woman), Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) with Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) with Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black), Clive Owen (The Knick) with Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) with Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie), Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) with Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Claire Danes (Homeland) with Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Cate Blanchett (Carol and Truth) with Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes), Will Smith (Concussion) with Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), Brie Larson (Room) with Joel Edgerton (Black Mass), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) with Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs), Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) with Carey Mulligan (Suffragette), Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) with Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight), Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) with Isabella Rossellini (Joy)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens) with Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story), Felicity Huffman (American Crime) with Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue), Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager) with Aaron Paul (The Path), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Jay Duplass (Transparent)
Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl) with Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story), Rob Lowe (The Grinder) with John Travolta (American Crime Story), Aziz Ansari (Master of None) with Kerry Washington (Confirmation), Kirsten Dunst (Fargo) with Rami Malek (Mr. Robot), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) with Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk)
Viola Davis (Fences) with Tom Hanks (Sully), Molly Shannon (Other People) with Emma Stone (La La Land), Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) with Nicole Kidman (Lion), Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) with Matthew McConaughey (Gold)
Natalie Portman (Jackie) with Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Amy Adams (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) with Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Annette Bening (20th Century Women) with Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins), Adam Driver (Paterson) with Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals), Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Sally Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris) with Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)
Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce) with Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies), Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick) with John Lithgow (The Crown), Thandie Newton (Westworld) with Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Freida Pinto (Guerrilla) with Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us), Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) with Constance Zimmer (Unreal)
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) with Ewan McGregor (Fargo), Pamela Adlon (Better Things) with Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) with Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) with Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Brit Marling (The OA) with Issa Rae (Insecure)
Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!) with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel), Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) with Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) with Kristen Wiig (Downsizing), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) with Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) with Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) with Hugh Jackman (Logan), Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) with Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner), Allison Janney (I, Tonya) with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) with Holly Hunter (The Big Sick), James Franco (The Disaster Artist) with Dustin Hoffman (The Meyerowitz Stories), Hong Chau (Downsizing) with Diane Kruger (In the Fade), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) with Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool) with Robert Pattinson (Good Time)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose) with Claire Foy (The Crown), Angela Bassett (9-1-1) with Laura Dern (The Tale), Darren Criss (American Crime Story) with Mandy Moore (This Is Us), Jason Bateman (Ozark) with Bill Hader (Barry), Jessica Biel (The Sinner) with Alison Brie (GLOW)
Debra Messing (Will & Grace) with Sharon Stone (Mosaic), Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) with Issa Rae (Insecure), Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower) with Laura Linney (Ozark), Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.) with John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert), Edie Falco (Law & Order: True Crime) with J. K. Simmons (Counterpart)
Amy Adams (Vice) with Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased), Mahershala Ali (Green Book) with John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Felicity Jones (On the Basis of Sex) with Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) with Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther), Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) with Emma Stone (The Favourite), Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place) with Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)
John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) with Rosamund Pike (A Private War), Michael B. Jordan (Creed II and Black Panther) with Charlize Theron (Tully), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Kindergarten Teacher) with Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Glenn Close (The Wife) with Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born), Armie Hammer (On the Basis of Sex and Sorry to Bother You) with Dakota Johnson (Suspiria), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) with Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)
Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora) with Julia Roberts (Homecoming). Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) with Richard Madden (Bodyguard), Taraji P. Henson (Empire) with Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)
Benicio del Toro (Escape at Dannemora) with Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Regina Hall (Black Monday), Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) with Renée Zellweger (What/If)
Chris Pine (I Am the Night) with Robin Wright (House of Cards), Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) with Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon), Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?) with Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) with Billy Porter (Pose), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story), Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) with Maya Rudolph (Forever)
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) with Renée Zellweger (Judy), Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) with Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems), Awkwafina (The Farewell) with Taron Egerton (Rocketman)
Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) with Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name), Chris Evans (Knives Out) with Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Mindy Kaling (Late Night) with Constance Wu (Hustlers)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story) with Charlize Theron (Bombshell), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) with Alfre Woodard (Clemency), Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) with Kristen Stewart (Seberg)
Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) with Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse), Sterling K. Brown (Waves) with Laura Dern (Marriage Story), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) with Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Regina King (Watchmen) with Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere), Anne Hathaway (Modern Love) with Hugh Jackman (Bad Education), Kieran Culkin (Succession) with Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) with Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere), Tessa Thompson (Westworld) with Ramy Youssef (Ramy), Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice) with Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) with Lisa Kudrow (Space Force, The Good Place and Feel Good), Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer) with Anthony Mackie (Altered Carbon), Henry Cavill (The Witcher) with Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)
Claire Danes (Homeland) with Damian Lewis (Billions), Zendaya (Euphoria) with Mj Rodriguez (Pose), Chris Evans (Defending Jacob) with Paul Rudd (Living with Yourself)
Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) with Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) with Steven Yeun (Minari)
George Clooney (The Midnight Sky) with Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit), Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie) with Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) with Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island)
Ben Affleck (The Way Back) with Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7), Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) with Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Jared Leto (The Little Things) with John David Washington (Malcolm & Marie)
Jamie Dornan (Wild Mountain Thyme) with Eddie Redmayne (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) with Amanda Seyfried (Mank), Tom Holland (Cherry) with Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Nicole Kidman (The Undoing) with Chris Rock (Fargo), Josh O'Connor (The Crown) with Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit)
Ewan McGregor (Halston) with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) with Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) with Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision), Emma Corrin (The Crown) with Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton)
Gillian Anderson (The Crown) with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Uzo Aduba (In Treatment) with Billy Porter (Pose)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty), Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) with Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos) with Daniel Craig (No Time to Die)
Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) with Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) with Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Oscar Isaac (The Card Counter) with Jared Leto (House of Gucci)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom! and The Eyes of Tammy Faye) with Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) with Regina King (The Harder They Fall), Jamie Dornan (Belfast) with Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) with Kristen Stewart (Spencer), Marlee Matlin (CODA) with Bradley Whitford (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Mahershala Ali (Swan Song) with Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley and Licorice Pizza)
Viola Davis (The First Lady) with Samuel L. Jackson (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) with Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy), Jared Leto (WeCrashed) with Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)
Zendaya (Euphoria) with Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven), Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That... and The Gilded Age) with Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), Courteney Cox (Shining Vale) with Faith Hill (1883)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building) with Jean Smart (Hacks), Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) with Sandra Oh (The Chair and Killing Eve), Tom Hiddleston (The Essex Serpent and Loki) with Lily James (Pam & Tommy)
Anne Hathaway (WeCrashed) with Jeremy Strong (Succession), Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets) with Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) with Adam Scott (Severance), Josh Brolin (Outer Range) with Josh Brolin
Cate Blanchett ("Tár") and Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") discuss portraying characters originally written for men; Kate Hudson ("Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery") and Glen Powell ("Top Gun: Maverick") share the importance of chemistry with co-stars; and Laura Dern ("The Son") and Michelle Williams ("The Fabelmans") exchange their thoughts on working with young co-stars.
Carey Mulligan ("She Said") and Margot Robbie ("Babylon") discuss the range of female portrayals in film; Austin Butler ("Elvis") and Janelle Monáe ("Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery") reveal how acting takes a toll on a personal life; and John Boyega ("The Woman King") and Letitia Wright ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever") discuss the importance of black stories in Hollywood blockbusters.
Viola Davis ("The Woman King") and Jennifer Lawrence ("Causeway") get honest about female action heroes; Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") and Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of Inisherin") discuss their recent complex roles; and Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") and Adam Sandler ("Hustle") share their movie history and special connection.
Ana de Armas ("Blonde") and Eddie Redmayne ("The Good Nurse") disscuss playing infamous real people; Paul Dano ("The Fabelmans") and Brian Tyree Henry ("Causeway") compare working with talented writers and directors; and Joe Alwyn ("Stars at Noon") and Paul Mescal ("Aftersun") share stories of working with female directors.
Pedro Pascal ("The Last of Us") and Steven Yeun ("Beef") gush about each other- and their experiences acting in post-apocalyptic worlds; Melanie Lynskey ("Yellowjackets") and Natasha Lyonne ("Poker Face") reconnect to discuss the benchmarks in their careers; Kieran Culkin ("Succession") and Claire Danes ("Fleishman in Trouble") delve into embodying their characters' specific psychologies.
Emily Blunt ("The English") and Brian Cox ("Succession) bond over fascination with new characters; Taron Egerton ("Black Bird") and Rachel Weisz ("Dead Ringers") confess the enjoyment they found in harrowing roles; Elle Fanning ("The Great") and Jenna Ortega ("Wednesday") deliberate bringing old characters to life in new contexts.
Revisit some of the most inspiring, entertaining, and candid Actors on Actors conversations from the past decade. With Viola Davis, Hugh Grant, Octavia Spencer, Zendaya, Martin Short, and more.
Jodie Foster ('True Detective: Night Country') and Robert Downey Jr. ('The Sympathizer') reunite from 'Home for the Holidays' on Variety's latest 'Actors on Actors.' Foster asks Downey Jr. if he would don the 'Iron Man' suit again for Marvel and they discuss Foster bringing her experience from 'Silence of the Lambs' into her 'True Detective' character.
Jon Hamm ('Fargo') and Kristen Wiig ('Palm Royale') reunite from 'Bridemaids' on Variety's latest 'Actors on Actors.' Wiig and Hamm reminisce about their early days at SNL ('Saturday Night Live'). Kristen talks about working with Laura Dern and Carol Burnett to recreate 60s Palm Beach. Hamm reflects on building the character of Roy Tillman and working with Noah Hawley.
In Variety's Actors on Actors Kim Kardashian (AHS: Delicate) and Chloë Sevigny (FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans) discuss using fashion to get into character and their experiences working with Ryan Murphy. Kim asks Chloe about the responsibility of playing real-life characters such as C.Z Guest and her upcoming project Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Kim hints at more acting roles (including one as a lawyer) and her desire to take on projects that challenge her.
In their Actors on Actors conversation, Quinta Brunson ("Abbott Elementary") and Jennifer Aniston ("The Morning Show") dive deep into what makes a great TV show. Quinta shares how "Friends" inspired "Abbott Elementary" and Jennifer reminisces on the show's premiere 30 years ago. They discuss how to work with writers, create a stellar ensemble cast, and block out the noise from social media.
In Actors on Actors, Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”) and Emma Corrin (“A Murder at the End of the World”) bond over their shared experience playing Princess Diana on Netflix's "The Crown". They discuss the pressure of playing such a beloved figure and what they believe Diana’s “superpower” truly was. Emma shares what it was like to be in every scene for “A Murder at the End of the World”, including what happened when their wisdom teeth came in while shooting.
In Variety's Actors on Actors, Anthony Mackie (“Twisted Metal”) & Tyler James Williams (“Abbott Elementary”) have a conversation on acting in film vs. TV and how to build a long-lasting career in Hollywood. Mackie asks Williams about his transition from child acting and how he feels about Gregory and Janine's relationship on “Abbott Elementary”. Mackie reminisces on working with acclaimed directors Spike Lee and Kathryn Bigelow as well as the evolution of playing "Falcon" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Nicholas Galitzine ("Mary & George") rips into Leo Woodall ("One Day") on his love for Chelsea football on Variety’s Actors on Actors. Leo talks about his turn in 'White Lotus' and asks Nicholas what he thinks about becoming an “internet boyfriend” after “Red White and Royal Blue”.
Joey King ("We Were The Lucky Ones") and Taylor Zakhar Perez ("Red, White and Royal Blue") share laughs while reminiscing about "The Kissing Booth 2" and how their friendship blossomed at an airport. Perez acts King about the emotions of playing a Holocaust survivor and how her family keeps her grounded in Hollywood. Perez shares why 'Saturday Night Live' was the inspiration for his acting career and the impact "Red, White and Royal Blue" has had on its audience.
Naomi Watts ('FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans') and Jonathan Bailey ('Fellow Travelers') have a blast chatting for the first time on Variety’s Actors on Actors. Bailey gushes about Watt’s past performance in 'Mulholland Drive' and her physical transformation to become Babe Paley in 'FEUD'. Watts is shocked to learn about Bailey’s time being on three projects at once (‘Bridgerton’, ‘Wicked’, ‘Fellow Travelers’) and calls him a “triple threat”.
In their Actors on Actors conversation, Anna Sawai ("Shōgun") and Tom Hiddleston ("Loki") connect over the similarities between their show characters, Mariko and Loki. Anna gets emotional discussing the importance and power of Japanese representation in Shōgun, and Tom reveals that he still keeps a piece of Loki with him after all these years. They discuss their humble beginnings, what it was like working with their ensemble casts, and how they each said goodbye to their beloved characters.
In their Actors on Actors conversation, Brie Larson ('Lessons in Chemistry') and Andrew Scott ('Ripley') trade notes on auditioning, rejection, and how to be the ultimate on-set collaborator. Scott asks Larson about the lessons she took from 'Room' (2015) and Scott explains how he got into the complicated psyche of Tom Ripley.
Chloe Fineman ('Saturday Night Live') and Hannah Einbinder ('Hacks') reminisce on meeting 8 years ago in the LA comedy scene and discuss using stand up comedy as their 'life raft'. Fineman chats about the 'SNL' audition process and how recent 'Erin Brokovich' and 'Pilates' sketches came to life. Einbinder gushes over working with comedy 'greats' on Hacks and what she thinks could be in store with another season.
