Trivia: 9 Celebrity Revelations from 'Variety Studio: Actors on Actors'
When you pair two great celebrities talking about their craft, you get some pretty interesting revelations. In this new season of "Variety Studio: Actors on Actors," we found out a few strange connections and unexpected detours in the lives of these stars. See how many of them you know!
Have fun and be sure to watch the full conversations on PBS SoCal, KCET or streaming from the websites or on the PBS app.
1. Which newly Oscar-nominated paired actors worked together on the 2016 film "Zoolander 2"?
2. Which married couple that appeared on this season's "Variety Studio: Actors on Actors" both received Oscar nominations this past February? This marks the first time this has happened in all 15 seasons of the show.
3. Many thespians on the show all have hidden talents, but can you guess which ones had bands and at one time opened for Green Day?
4. Which AoA pairing were both cast in the 2002 movie "Panic Room"?
5. AoA pair Aunjanue Ellis from "King Richard" and Regina King from "The Harder They Fall" have worked on two films together, can you name them?
6. Which 2002 thriller did both Mahershala Ali from "Swan Song" and Bradley Cooper from "Nightmare Alley" appear in?
7. Which AoA pair worked together on the hit TV series "The West Wing"?
8. How does the late composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim connect recent performances by Andrew Garfield and Rachel Zegler?
9. Before she starred on stage in "Hamilton," which "West Side Story" actress appeared in the TV series, "So You Think You Can Dance"?
(Just to give you a hint, here's the lineup for this season.)
Scroll down for the answers:
1. Penélope Cruz from "Parallel Mothers" and Benedict Cumberbatch from "The Power of the Dog"
2. Javier Bardem from "Being the Ricardos" and Penélope Cruz from "Parallel Mothers"
3. Both Oscar Isaac from "The Card Counter" and his band The Underdogs and Jared Leto from "House of Gucci" and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars opened at one time for the band "Green Day."
4. AoA pair Nicole Kidman from "Being the Ricardos" and Kristen Stewart from "Spencer" were both cast in the 2002 movie "Panic Room" and worked together for a few weeks. Kidman however suffered an injury and was replaced on the film by Jodie Foster.
5. Both Ellis and King worked on "Ray" and "If Beale Street Could Talk."
6. Ali and Cooper both appeared in "The Place Beyond the Pines."
7. Marlee Matlin from the movie "CODA" and Bradley Whitford from the movie "tick, tick… BOOM!"
8. Garfield stars in "tick, tick…BOOM!"in which Sondheim plays a critical role in the story, and Sondheim wrote the lyrics to the musical "West Side Story" in which Zelger stars.
9. If you've seen her dance it should be no surprise that it is Ariana DeBose.
