Variety & CNN Actors on Actors (2025)

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Genre: Talk
Certificate: NR
Origin: US

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Critically acclaimed performers are paired in candid, unscripted conversations about their craft.

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Director: Rob Schroeder
Status: Returning Series
First aired: Dec 5, 2025
Network: YouTube, CNN All Access
Studio: Variety Media, CNN

Time to finish

20 hrs

26 episodes. About 3 weeks at an hour a night.

SERIES

20252 Seasons5.5

Talk

TMDB5.5

Votes2

Your rating

Genre: Talk
Certificate: NR
Origin: US

About

Critically acclaimed performers are paired in candid, unscripted conversations about their craft.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Dec 5, 2025 · 43m · ★ 1.0
Ariana Grande and Adam Sandler
What do Ariana Grande ('Wicked: For Good') & Adam Sandler ('Jay Kelly') have to talk about? Quite a lot, it turns out, as these two comic performers share charmingly earnest chemistry.
E2 · Airs Dec 6, 2025 · 42m · ★ 1.0
Julia Roberts and Sean Penn
Oscar winners Julia Roberts & Sean Penn are longtime friends and neighbors - yet neither one recognized each other in their transformative 2025 performances. Now, they're opening up about their career trajectories and most famous roles.
E3 · Airs Dec 7, 2025 · 43m · ★ 1.0
David Corenswet and Jonathan Bailey
2025's defining heartthrobs Jonathan Bailey ('Wicked: For Good') & David Corenswet ('Superman') reflect on playing Oz's and Krypton's most celebrated charmers and get real about ambition, auditions, and the roles ahead.
E4 · Airs Dec 8, 2025 · 42m · ★ 1.0
Dwayne Johnson and Brendan Fraser
Years after meeting on set of 'The Mummy Returns,' Hollywood leading man Dwayne Johnson & Oscar winner Brendan Fraser reflect on their careers thus far, showing that their bond is as strong as ever.
E5 · Airs Dec 9, 2025 · 41m · ★ 1.0
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jacob Elordi
As Gwyneth Paltrow makes a return to theaters, she shares her enthusiasm for the craft of movie-making with an admiring Jacob Elordi, who opens up about becoming Frankenstein's monster for Guillermo del Toro.
E6 · Airs Dec 10, 2025 · 49m · ★ 1.0
Cynthia Erivo and Hugh Jackman
Theater veterans and defining voices in Hollywood Cynthia Erivo & Hugh Jackman discuss the joys of performing and their new movies - a blockbuster sequel for Erivo and a heartfelt Neil Diamond musical for Jackman.
E7 · Airs Dec 11, 2025 · 34m
Sydney Sweeney and Ethan Hawke
Sydney Sweeney & Ethan Hawke both played real-life figures in 2025 - Sweeney the boxer Christy Martin, Hawke the songwriter Lorenz Hart. They share their enthusiasm for transformation in a freewheeling conversation.
E8 · Airs Dec 12, 2025 · 40m · ★ 1.0
Alexander Skarsgård and Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård plays a complicated artist father in 'Sentimental Value.' In real life, he's the patriarch to a family of actors, including eldest son Alexander. The pair speak about family legacy and their awards-season rivalry.
E9 · Airs Dec 13, 2025 · 40m
Michael B. Jordan and Jesse Plemons
Since working together on 'Friday Night Lights,' Michael B. Jordan & Jesse Plemons have become two of movies' most exciting talents. They discuss their transformations in this year's chilling big-screen horrors, 'Sinners' and 'Bugonia.'
E10 · Airs Dec 14, 2025 · 37m
Kate Hudson and Jeremy Allen White
Kate Hudson & Jeremy Allen White both had to master the modern American songbook - Hudson to play a Neil Diamond cover artist, and White to play The Boss himself. What does it take for an actor to become a singer? They explain it all.
E11 · Airs Dec 15, 2025 · 42m
Oscar Isaac and Teyana Taylor
Oscar Isaac & Teyana Taylor are both starstruck, sharing admiration for each other's work, from Isaac's performances in 'Star Wars' and 'Dune', to Taylor's breakout role in 'One Battle After Another'.
E12 · Airs Dec 16, 2025 · 46m · ★ 1.0
Colin Farrell and Jessie Buckley
Colin Farrell & Jessie Buckley would be the first to tell you the Irish have a tradition of storytelling. They share tales of transforming into a gambling addict for 'Ballad of a Small Player' and Shakespeare's grieving wife in 'Hamnet.'
E13 · Airs Dec 17, 2025 · 33m · ★ 1.0
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio
Jennifer Lawrence's favorite movie of the year was 'One Battle After Another.' So it was only fair to give her the opportunity to interrogate its star, Leonardo DiCaprio, in her classic uninhibited and boundaryless style.

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Director: Rob Schroeder
Status: Returning Series
First aired: Dec 5, 2025
Network: YouTube, CNN All Access
Studio: Variety Media, CNN

Time to finish

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