Actors on Actors is ready for its closeup.
Variety and CNN have revealed the star-studded lineup for the 23rd season of Actors on Actors, the Emmy-winning franchise that pairs the year’s best performers in candid interviews about their craft.
This season’s highlights includes conversations with Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande, Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, and Dwayne Johnson and Brendan Fraser, reuniting after they first worked together on 2001’s “The Mummy Returns.”
Season 23 will begin rolling out on Friday, Dec. 5, with one conversation premiering each day for 13 consecutive days. This marks the first season under the recently announced collaboration between CNN and Variety, with new episodes debuting exclusively for subscribers of CNN’s new streaming offering before premiering across Variety’s digital platforms. Full episodes will debut each day on CNN at 9 a.m. ET, followed by a 3 p.m. ET premiere on Variety’s YouTube channel. The annual Variety Actors on Actors print magazine issue, photographed by Alexi Lubomirski, will hit newsstands on Dec. 17.
“With exclusive revelations from Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Jennifer Lawrence, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Ethan Hawke and more, this is our best season of Actors on Actors yet,” said Ramin Setoodeh, Variety’s co-editor in chief and co-president. “We can’t wait for fans of this Emmy-winning series to savor every minute of these conversations on CNN and Variety.”
The Actors on Actors pairings include:
- Friday, Dec. 5: Ariana Grande (“Wicked: For Good”) and Adam Sandler (“Jay Kelly”)
- Saturday, Dec. 6: Julia Roberts (“After the Hunt”) and Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another”)
- Sunday, Dec. 7: Jonathan Bailey (“Wicked: For Good,” “Jurassic World Rebirth”) and David Corenswet (“Superman”)
- Monday, Dec. 8: Dwayne Johnson (“The Smashing Machine”) and Brendan Fraser (“Rental Family”)
- Tuesday, Dec. 9: Gwyneth Paltrow (“Marty Supreme”) and Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”)
- Wednesday, Dec. 10: Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”) and Hugh Jackman (“Song Sung Blue”)
- Thursday, Dec. 11: Sydney Sweeney (“Christy”) and Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”)
- Friday, Dec. 12: Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”) and Alexander Skarsgård (“Pillion”)
- Saturday, Dec. 13: Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”)
- Sunday, Dec. 14: Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”) and Jeremy Allen White (“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”)
- Monday, Dec. 15: Oscar Isaac (“Frankenstein”) and Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”)
- Tuesday, Dec. 16: Colin Farrell (“Ballad of a Small Player”) and Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”)
- Wednesday, Dec. 17: Jennifer Lawrence (“Die My Love”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”)
Throughout the season, CNN entertainment correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister will take viewers inside the making of Actors on Actors with exclusive behind-the-scenes content across CNN’s platforms. A selection of episodes from previous seasons of Actors on Actors are available to stream now for CNN’s streaming subscribers on CNN.com and CNN’s connected TV and mobile apps.
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Season 23 of Actors on Actors is executive produced by Ramin Setoodeh and Donna Pennestri for Variety, along with Amy Entelis and Roxanna Sherwood for CNN Originals.
From Variety US