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Julia Roberts and Sean Penn Reunite on Actors on Actors as Penn Praises Danny Moder

The exchange spotlighted Penn’s admiration for Roberts’ cinematographer husband.

Overview

  • The pair appeared on Variety & CNN’s Actors on Actors season 23 in an episode that aired Saturday, December 6.
  • They discussed their current projects, with Roberts referencing After the Hunt and Penn talking about One Battle After Another, alongside reflections on their careers.
  • Penn called Danny Moder his “favorite cinematographer” and recounted an anecdote about Moder handholding a camera that someone described as “the sexiest thing on earth.”
  • Penn reminisced about first meeting Roberts in New York during the shooting of The Pope of Greenwich Village, recalling her as Eric Roberts’ younger sister.
  • The conversation revisited their 2022 collaboration on Starz’s Gaslit, where Roberts lauded Penn’s transformation and creator Robbie Pickering highlighted the vulnerability in his performance.