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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #1 - Episode 1

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    Benedict Cumberbatch and Edward Norton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Patricia Arquette, Hilary Swank and Tilda Swinton, Oscar Isaac and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

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  2. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #2 - Episode 2

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    Jessica Chastain and Mark Ruffalo, Eddie Redmayne and Laura Dern, Josh Brolin and J.K. Simmons, Kevin Costner and James Corden.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #3 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Reese Witherspoon and Michael Keaton, Keira Knightley and Ethan Hawke, David Oyelowo and Jack O'Connell, Jenny Slate and Felicity Jones.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Jennifer Aniston and Emily Blunt, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes, Marion Cotillard and Timothy Spall, Chadwick Boseman and Logan Lerman.

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  5. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #5 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    Conversations with actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jeffrey Tambor, Queen Latifah, Taraji P. Henson, Jessica Lange, Taylor Schilling, Liev Shrieber, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Sheen and Bob Odenkirk.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #6 - Episode 2

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    Featuring Claire Danes with Don Cheadle, Matt LeBlanc with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Clive Owen with Julianna Margulies, Viola Davis with Jane Fonda, and Gina Rodriguez with Uzo Aduba.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #7 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    This episode features Cate Blanchett (Carol/Truth) with Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes), Will Smith (Concussion) with Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), Brie Larson (Room) with Joel Edgerton (Black Mass), and Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight).

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #8 - Episode 2

    S3:E2

    This episode features Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) with Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Carey Mulligan (Suffragette) with Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy), Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol), and Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour).

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #9 - Episode 3

    S3:E3

    This episode features Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs) with Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) with Lily Tomlin (Grandma), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk) with Paul Dano (Love & Mercy), and Isabella Rossellini (Joy) with Charlotte Rampling (45 Years).

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  10. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #10 - Episode 1

    S4:E1

    This episode features Lady Gaga (American Horror Story) with Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens), Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story) with Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue) with Felicity Huffman (American Crime), Aaron Paul (The Path) with Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Jay Duplass (Transparent).

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #11 - Episode 2

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    This episode features Rob Lowe (The Grinder) with John Travolta (American Crime Story), Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story) with Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl), Kerry Washington (Confirmation) with Aziz Ansari (Master of None), Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) with Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) with Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley).

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  12. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 5 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #12 - Episode 1

    S5:E1

    This episode features Viola Davis (Fences) and Tom Hanks (Sully), Emma Stone (La La Land) and Molly Shannon (Other People), Nicole Kidman (Lion) and Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), and Matthew McConaughey (Gold) with Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water).

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  13. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 5 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #13 - Episode 2

    S5:E2

    This episode features Natalie Portman (Jackie) and Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Amy Adams (Arrival, Nocturnal Animals) and Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge), Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), and Annette Bening (20th Century Women) with Naomie Harris (Moonlight).

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  14. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 5 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #14 - Episode 3

    S5:E3

    This episode features Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins), Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Sally Field (Hello, My Name is Doris) with Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women) and Adam Driver (Paterson) with Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals).

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  15. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 6 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #15 - Episode 1

    S6:E1

    This episode features Thandie Newton (Westworld) and Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick) and John Lithgow (The Crown), Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce) and Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies), Freida Pinto (Guerrilla) with Milo Ventimiglia (This is Us), and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) with Constance Zimmer (UnREAL).

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 6 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #16 - Episode 2

    S6:E2

    Featuring Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) with Ewan McGregor (Fargo), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Pamela Adlon (Better Things) and Sterling K. Brown (This is Us), Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Brit Marling (The OA) and Issa Rae (Insecure), and Anthony Anderson (Black- ish) with Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory).

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 7 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #17 - Episode 1

    S7:E1

    Featuring Jennifer Lawrence (mother!) with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel), Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) with Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) with Kristen Wiig (Downsizing), and Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) with Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out).

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 7 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #18 - Episode 2

    S7:E2

    Featuring Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) with Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Hugh Jackman (Logan) with Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) with Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) with Allison Janney (I, Tonya).

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 7 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #19 - Episode 3

    S7:E3

    Featuring Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) with Holly Hunter (The Big Sick), Diane Kruger (In The Fade) with Hong Chau (Downsizing), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) with Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), and Robert Pattinson (Good Time) with Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool).

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 8 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #20 - Episode 1

    S8:E1

    Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose) with Claire Foy (The Crown) Angela Bassett (9-1-1) with Laura Dern (The Tale) Darren Criss (American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace) with Mandy Moore (This is Us) Jason Bateman (Ozark) with Bill Hader (Barry) Jessica Biel (The Sinner) with Alison Brie (GLOW).

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 8 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #21 - Episode 2

    S8:E2

    Featuring Debra Messing (Will & Grace) with Sharon Stone (Mosaic), Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) with Issa Rae (Insecure), Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower) with Laura Linney (Ozark), Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.) with John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert), Edie Falco (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers) with J.K. Simmons (Counterpart).

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 9 Episode 1 - Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams and more
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    #22 - Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams and more

    S9:E1

    Nicole Kidman (A Boy Erased/Destroyer) discusses her struggle with shyness, while Amy Adams (Vice) talks about her competition with co-star Christian Bale. Mahershala Ali (Green Book) discusses his unusual role with John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman) talks about working with director Spike Lee. Felicity Jones (On the Basis of Sex) and Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians) talk #MeToo and #TimesUp.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 9 Episode 2 - Emily Blunt, Hugh Jackman and more
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    #23 - Emily Blunt, Hugh Jackman and more

    S9:E2

    Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) differentiates between dramatic and comedic roles, while Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther) discusses the impact of international box office hits. Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) and Emma Stone (The Favourite) recall their earliest roles. Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns/A Quiet Place) and Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner) discuss singing in public.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 9 Episode 3 - Michael B. Jordan, John Krasinski and more
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    #24 - Michael B. Jordan, John Krasinski and more

    S9:E3

    John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) talks about how parenting influenced him. Rosamund Pike (A Private War) discusses playing a real-life American journalist. Michael B. Jordan (Creed II /Black Panther) and Charlize Theron (Tully) discuss how they prepare for roles. Finally, Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Kindergarten Teacher) and Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) reflect on feminine filmmaking.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Season 9 Episode 4 - Sam Elliot, Dakota Johnson and more
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    #25 - Sam Elliot, Dakota Johnson and more

    S9:E4

    Glenn Close (The Wife) talks with Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born). Find out the reason Armie Hammer (On the Basis of Sex/Sorry to Bother You) accepted the role of Marty Ginsburg, while Dakota Johnson (Suspiria) talks about why she chose to play a character trapped in a cult. Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) talk about the importance of listening when acting.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the worst rated episode of "Variety Studio: Actors on Actors". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/21/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 2".