Variety’s Actors on Actors returns for its twenty first season with the largest stars from this yr’s awards season. Highlights from this newest lineup: a blockbuster “Glicked” pairing between Ariana Grande and Paul Mescal, a can’t-miss dialog between Andrew Garfield and Ryan Reynolds, and the 2 powerhouse voices behind “Maria” and “Wicked,” Angelina Jolie and Cynthia Erivo, sharing notes.
The annual Variety Actors on Actors challenge will hit newsstands on Dec. 11. Conversations will start releasing on Monday, Dec. 9 throughout Variety.com and its social media channels. One dialog will air per day on Variety.com for 12 consecutive days.
This yr’s “Actors on Actors” lineup contains:
- Andrew Garfield (“We Live in Time”) & Ryan Reynolds (“Deadpool & Wolverine”)
- Ariana Grande (“Wicked”) & Paul Mescal (“Gladiator II”)
- Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”) & Saoirse Ronan (“Blitz,” “The Outrun”)
- Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) & Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”)
- Zendaya (“Challengers,” “Dune: Part Two”) & Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”)
- Drew Starkey (“Queer”) & Harris Dickinson (“Babygirl,” “Blitz”)
- Kate Winslet (“Lee”) & Zoë Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”)
- Daniel Craig (“Queer”) & Josh O’Connor (“Challengers”)
- Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”) & Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
- Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”) & Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”)
- Demi Moore (“The Substance”) & Amy Adams (“Nightbitch”)
- Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”) & Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”)
“I’m excited for our readers to look at and skim our greatest season of Actors on Actors but,” stated Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh. “With interviews from the celebs of ‘Wicked,’ ‘Gladiator II,’ ‘Emilia Perez,’ ‘Queer’ and extra, Actors on Actors continues to be the largest and buzziest franchise of awards season.”
Four broadcast episodes will air on PBS SoCal on Jan. 9 from 8 to 10 p.m., adopted by encores on public tv stations throughout the nation and the WORLD Channel (examine native listings). All episodes will stream on pbssocal.org and the PBS App following their premieres.
