Portraits From Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Whether meeting for the first time or reuniting, these actor pairs share insights on life, movies and the tricks of the trade.
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Benicio Del Toro landed an Academy Award for 2000’s “Traffic,” in which he played a conflicted police officer. His new film, “Sicario,” puts him back in the world of drug trafficking, but as a very...
View ArticleWill Smith Says Cheating Ex-Girlfriend Made Him Want to Be Famous (VIDEO)
Will Smith has a long list of people to thank for his Hollywood fame and fortune, but the person who truly inspired him to succeed may surprise you. “When I was 15, my girlfriend cheated on me,” he...
View ArticleSteve Carell Asks Rooney Mara About Her On-Screen Romance with Cate Blanchett...
After earning Oscar nominations for their breakthrough film roles — Rooney Mara as the hardened sleuth Lisbeth Salander in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” and Steve Carell channeling John du Pont in...
View ArticleKate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan Discuss Escaping into Characters That are Nothing...
Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet each won acclaim as teenagers. Ronan was 13 when she earned an Oscar nom for “Atonement,” while Winslet was 17 when she burst onto the scene in Peter Jackson’s “Heavenly...
View ArticleSamuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton on Quentin Tarantino, Acting and the...
Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton have shared the screen several times, in comedies like “The Other Guys” or dramas such as Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown.” Jackson is reunited with Tarantino for...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind Samuel L. Jackson’s Hair in ‘Pulp Fiction’
Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton have been in a lot of movies. But when the actors walk down the street, there are only one or two movies that fans constantly reference. For Jackson, he explains,...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Bryan Cranston and Jason Segel – Full Video
Both Bryan Cranston and Jason Segel established themselves with long-running TV shows. Now both are playing real-life writers on the big screen: Cranston as the titular blacklisted screenwriter in...
View ArticleDavid Foster Wallace, Muppets Taught Jason Segel to Live in the Moment
Bryan Cranston and Jason Segel discuss the importance of living in the present among ephemeral moments at Variety’s “Actors on Actors” presented by Cosmopolitan Las Vegas.
View ArticleCarey Mulligan, Elizabeth Banks on Paying Tribute to Powerful Women in...
Elizabeth Banks and Carey Mulligan are earning buzz for their portraits of strong women: Banks won some of the best notices of her career playing Melinda Ledbetter, the wife of Beach Boys singer Brian...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Carey Mulligan and Elizabeth Banks – Full Video
Elizabeth Banks and Carey Mulligan are earning buzz for their portraits of strong women: Banks won some of the best notices of her career playing Melinda Ledbetter, the wife of Beach Boys singer Brian...
View ArticleCarey Mulligan: Women Still Suffering From Anti-Female Propaganda of Early...
Carey Mulligan and Elizabeth Banks discuss the modern-day implications of the late 19th and early 20th century’s anti-women propaganda at Variety’s “Actors on Actors” presented by Cosmopolitan Las Vegas.
View ArticleHow Tightroping Became a Spiritual Act for Joseph Gordon Levitt in ‘The Walk’
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Dano talk at Variety’s “Actors on Actors,” presented by Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, about learning to walk a tightrope and play the piano, respectively, for their films “The...
View ArticleIan McKellen Tells Cate Blanchett How He Brought Gandalf and Sherlock Holmes...
After journeying to Middle-earth together for the “Lord of the Rings” movies, Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen are playing more grounded roles in this year’s films. In “Mr. Holmes,” McKellen stars as...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Amy Schumer and Lily Tomlin
Amy Schumer and Lily Tomlin tackled tough roles this year. Schumer wrote and starred in “Trainwreck” as a hard-partying journalist who reluctantly falls in love; in “Grandma,” Tomlin’s character must...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen
After journeying to Middle-earth together for the “Lord of the Rings” movies, Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen are playing more grounded roles in this year’s films. In “Mr. Holmes,” McKellen stars as...
View ArticleWhy Amy Schumer and Lily Tomlin Aren’t Afraid of Playing Unlikable Women
Amy Schumer and Lily Tomlin tackled tough roles this year. Schumer wrote and starred in “Trainwreck” as a hard-partying journalist who reluctantly falls in love; in “Grandma,” Tomlin’s character must...
View ArticleActors on Actors – Seth Rogen and Jennifer Jason Leigh on the Making of...
Seth Rogen (“Steve Jobs”) and “The Hateful Eight” star Jennifer Jason talk awkward auditions and the challenges of shooting their acclaimed new dramas at Variety’s “Actors on Actors” presented by...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellan (Full Video)
After journeying to Middle-earth together for the “Lord of the Rings” movies, Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen are playing more grounded roles in this year’s films. In “Mr. Holmes,” McKellen stars as...
View ArticleActors on Actors: Brie Larson and Joel Edgerton (Full Video)
Brie Larson (“Room”) and “Black Mass” actor Joel Edgerton talk about the making of their new films at Variety’s “Actors on Actors” presented by Cosmopolitan Las Vegas.
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