
Just for Variety with Marc Malkin
Each week “Just for Variety” columnist and Hollywood’s most recognizable red carpet correspondent Marc Malkin sits down with today’s biggest stars to talk film, television, pop culture and the latest news. Plus, go inside the pages of Variety as Marc highlights the issue’s most talked about stories.
Latest episodes

Feb 3, 2025 • 34min
Lukas Gage (“Companion”)
Lukas Gage talks about his new horror movie“Companion,” not being cast in “The Last of Us” and what his family thinks ofhis upcoming memoir “I Wrote This for Attention.” Plus, Harvey Guillén opens upabout saving his home from the L.A. wildfires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 23, 2025 • 48min
Tom Blyth & Russell Tovey (“Plainclothes”)
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey talk about their newindie gay drama “Plainclothes,” filming their ‘intimate, really vivid’ sex scenesand more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 7, 2025 • 29min
Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”)
Nicole Kidman talks “Babygirl,” lessons shelearned from Stanley Kubrick and the 1997 Oscars with Madonna and Courtney Love. Plus, on the red carpet with Jesse Eisenberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 26, 2024 • 39min
Brian Tyree Henry and Ryan Destiny (“The Fire Inside”)
Brian Tyree Henry and Ryan Destiny talk about bringing the story of champion boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields to the big screen. Henry also teases what to expect in “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 15, 2024 • 33min
“Carry-On” stars Taron Egerton and Sofia Carson
Taron Egerton and Sofia Carson talk about their new airport action thriller “Carry-On.” Carson also teases a possible “Purple Hearts” sequel. Plus, on the red carpet with Nicole Kidman at the “Babygirl” premiere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 23, 2024 • 31min
Ethan Slater (“Wicked”)
“Wicked” star Ethan Slater details his Boq audition, transforming into a Munchkin and why he’s leaning on his therapist a little bit more these days. Plus, “Gladiator II” star Paul Mescal talks Glicked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 2024 • 40min
Aaron Pierre (“Mufasa: The Lion King, ‘Rebel Ridge”)
Aaron Pierre details his ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ audition and talks about bulking up for “Rebel Ridge.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 7, 2024 • 1h 7min
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox opens up about possibly leaving U.S. after Donald Trump's win, plans to hoard estrogen and being 'so scared' for trans youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 10, 2024 • 33min
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal (“La Máquina”)
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal talk about their new boxing series “La Máquina,” Botox and aging. Plus, “Queer” star Daniel Craig talks opens about his sex scene with Omar Apollo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 5, 2024 • 33min
Lewis Pullman (“Salem’s Lot”)
Lewis Pullman talks about starring in the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot,” his “Thunderbolts” audition and why he’d like to replace Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Hayne’s gay romance movie with Danny Ramirez. Plus, on the red carpet with Billy Magnussen at the premiere of the Hollywood satire, “The Franchise.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices