Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

Name: Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Released: 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Reality

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors pairs critically acclaimed performers in candid, unscripted conversations about their craft.

2025 · 48m

EPISODE 1

Cillian Murphy and Margot Robbie

The Barbenheimer phenomenon personified, Cillian Murphy ('Oppenheimer') & Margot Robbie ('Barbie') discuss being the biggest summer box office sensation since 'Avengers' and what it was like working with Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig.
EPISODE 2

Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo

Robert Downey Jr. ('Oppenheimer') & Mark Ruffalo ('Poor Things') reflect on their long history together - from working with David Fincher on 'Zodiac' to teaming up as Marvel superheroes - and the evolution of their expansive careers.
EPISODE 3

Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh ('Everything Everywhere All at Once') & Cate Blanchett ('Tar') share mutual admiration for each other's careers, discuss preparing for their iconic roles in award-winning films, and why Cate is dying to work with Michelle.
EPISODE 4

Paul Mescal and Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman ('May December') and Paul Mescal ('All of Us Strangers') discuss transforming into wholly different characters, the morality of choosing roles, and the vulnerability behind authentic performance.
EPISODE 5

Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway

'The Devil Wears Prada' stars Anne Hathaway ('Eileen') & Emily Blunt ('Oppenheimer') take a trip down memory lane and reminisce on the best parts of filming the cultural phenomenon together, working with Christopher Nolan, and more.
EPISODE 6

Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler

'Airheads' costars Adam Sandler & Brendan Fraser reunite nearly 30 years later to discuss Brendan's role of a lifetime with 'The Whale,' and Adam's experience in 'Punk Drunk Love' and how his career took him from comedy into drama.