It was announced today that Sam Heughan will be one of the actors on the Actors on Actors series by Variety Magazine. The show features a back and forth conversation/interview between two actors. The series will stream on Variety.com, be printed in the June 7, 2016 issue of Variety, and will air on PBS SoCal on June 12 and June 19, 2016.
These are the actors participating:
Aziz Ansari (“Master of None”), Bobby Cannavale (“Vinyl”), Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”), Jamie Lee Curtis (“Scream Queens”), Kirsten Dunst (“Fargo”), Jay Duplass (“Transparent”), Billy Eichner (“Difficult People”), Sam Heughan (“Outlander”), Tom Hiddleston (“The Night Manager”), Felicity Huffman (“American Crime”), Lady Gaga (“American Horror Story”), Jennifer Lopez (“Shades of Blue”), Rob Lowe (“Grinder”), Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”), Thomas Middleditch (“Silicon Valley”), Aaron Paul (“The Path”), Sarah Paulson (“American Crime Story”), Krysten Ritter (“Jessica Jones”), Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”), Patrick Stewart (“Blunt Talk”), John Travolta (“American Crime Story”), Courtney B. Vance (“American Crime Story”) and Kerry Washington (“Confirmation”)
Worthy comments from Amanda: “Looks like Jamie is finally receiving some much overdue stateside sprinkles. (About friggin’ time!)”
It was not released which actors would make up the pairs. Who on the list would you like to appear with Sam?
Update (4/2/2016): Sam was paired with Krysten Ritter, star of Netflix’s Jessica Jones.
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— Debra Birnbaum (@debrabirnbaum) April 2, 2016
Source: Variety