Golden Globes Around the World

Austrian actress Valerie Pachner sat down with HFPA journalist Barbara Gasser to discuss her surprise and excitement at playing the role of Franziska Jägerstätter in Terrence Malick's latest film A Hidden Life. They also discuss what brought her to acting, her successes so far in films like The Ground Beneath My Feet and Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden, cultural differences between Europe and t...

British filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson sat down with HFPA journalist Elisabeth Sereda to talk about her latest film A Million Little Pieces, co-writing with & directing her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and the strains of low-budget filmmaking. They also talk about Aaron's home life during the filming of Noctural Animals, the pressures of the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy as her directorial debut,...

Australian actor Liv Hewson sat down with HFPA journalist Jenny Cooney to discuss the road that led them to their role in last year's film Bombshell. The two also discuss moving to Los Angeles after a role on Santa Clarita Diet, their audition and role on Top of the Lake, the emotional and psychological costs of being closeted and nonbinary in high school, coming out and using their platform to su...

Multitalented actor, writer, and director Mark Duplass talks with HFPA journalist Barbara De Oliveira Pinto about his relationship with his brother, becoming a filmmaker, and how it led him to his role on the new Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. They also discuss the genesis of his first successful movie, The Puffy Chair, advice he has for up-and-coming artists, his role as a producer in the #Me...

Actor Jamie Foxx sat down with HFPA journalist Kristien Gijbels to talk about his newest film Just Mercy, in which he plays a death row inmate attempting to appeal his murder conviction with the help of his attorney, played by Michael B. Jordan. They also talk about the origins of his name, discovering the hidden corners of Ray Charles, watching The Conjuring with his daughter, his early career as...

Writer/producer Barry Adelman sat down with Meher Tatna to talk about his decades-long career in show business, from his first writing jobs to his annual work producing the Golden Globe Awards. They also talk about his writing the eulogy for Elvis Presley, bonding with President Bill Clinton about "The King", resembling Paul McCartney, becoming Lauren Bacall's point of contact at her first Golden...

Actor Paul Rudd sat down with HFPA journalist Greet Ramaekers to discuss his work as a man and his clone in the Netflix series Living With Yourself and the challenges of making two identical characters distinct from each other. They also talk about potentially living in a computer simulation, the joys of being Ant-man, the impact of travel on understanding the world, and more.

Golden Globe winning actor Kevin Bacon sat down with HFPA journalist Barbara Gasser to talk about his latest role on the TV show City on a Hill, what he's loved about the part, and what challenges lay ahead for him. They also discuss television versus film in the age of streaming. They also talk about his winning a Golden Globe, his fear of speech-giving, traveling across the United States, his 30...

Recent Golden Globe winner Christian Slater sat down with HFPA journalist Elisabeth Sereda to talk about his experience on cult television phenomenon Mr. Robot and his role in Dirty John Season 2. They also discuss living in Miami, his experiences with karate, what he felt about having a "bad boy" image after being a child actor, having a legacy of over 120 roles in film and television over his en...

Back in October HFPA journalist Ting Ting Xu sat down to talk with actress-musician Awkwafina about her role in Lulu Wang's comedy-drama The Farewell, a performance that just this week earned her her first Golden Globe nomination. They discuss her challenges with such an emotional, personal part as well as her breakout YouTube hit "My Vag", what it's like living with an alter ego, looking forward...

In our 100th episode HFPA journalist Barbara de Oliveira Pinto sat down with a Hollywood legend Eddie Murphy to talk about his new Netflix film Dolemite Is My Name and his return to work after a five year hiatus. They also talk about Murphy's long and prolific career, from believing in himself as a teenager to his first and only audition at SNL, how he opened the door for African Americans in Holl...

Golden Globe-winning actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson sat down to talk with HFPA journalist Scott Orlin about his latest film A Million Little Pieces, which he not only stars in, but also co-wrote with his wife Sam Taylor-Johnson, who also directs the film. They also dig into his career, what it's like to bring home characters like the one from his role in Nocturnal Animals, raising children while in th...

Golden Globe-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig sat down with HFPA journalist Gabrielle Donnelly to discuss the joys and challenges of bringing her adaptation of Louia May Alcott's novel Little Women to the big screen They also discuss Gerwig's desires to be a playwriter, how her debut feature film Lady Bird played to her mother, her favorite books as a child, her relationship with writer/dire...

Writer, director, and actress Marielle Heller sat down with HFPA journalists Ting Ting Xu to talk about her newest film Won't You Be My Neighbor, which stars Tom Hanks as the legendary children's television host Mr. Fred Rogers. They also talk about the joys and difficulties of making period pieces like her first film Diary of a Teenage Girl, the benefits of not going to film school, what she lear...

Three-time Golden Globe nominee Mark Ruffalo sits down with HFPA journalist Sam Asi to talk about how his interests as a humanitarian, environmentalist and activist all helped shape his latest film Dark Waters. They also discuss marching after the 2017 events in Charlottesville, what inspires his activism, the dark places of dealing with a brain tumor, face paralyzation, the death of his brother,...

Robert Pattinson sat down with Kristien Gijbels to talk big opportunities happening in his career, from his starring role in The Lighthouse opposite Willem Dafoe to his role with Timothée Chalamet in The King, to his upcoming turn as Bruce Wayne in The Batman. They also dig into his history with major fandoms, attending the premiere for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, why he thinks Edwa...

Golden Globe-nominated actress Sienna Miller sat down with HFPA journalist Silvia Bizio to talk about how this year she has seen her busier than ever given her major roles in the projects American Woman, 21 Bridges, and the TV show The Loudest Voice. They talk about what excited her about those three roles, researching by watching Fox News, working with Clint Eastwood, public speaking at the U.N.,...

Saoirse Ronan sat down to talk to HFPA journalist Patricia Danaher about her moving from her Golden-Globe-winning role in Ladybird to her starring role in Greta Gerwig's new adaptation of Little Women, and the joys of working with her across multiple projects. They also discuss the concept of home, other inspirational artists that also help guide her career, climate activism around the world, Brex...

Willem Dafoe sits down with HFPA journalist Nellee Holmes to talk about The Lighthouse, Motherless Brooklyn, and the beard that links both films. They also talk about his long career, from his time in the theater to moving his career to film to being offered the lead role in Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ to his starring role in Lars von Trier's Antichrist, and more.

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir sits down with HFPA journalist Barbara de Olivera Pinto to talk about her high profile year. The two explore her attempts to aurally capture Chernobyl's invisible menace radiation and her work on Joker and how her compositions informed the storytelling in the film, as well as other projects, her desire to focus on another solo album, growing up in different countries, a...

Golden Globe nominated Bradley Whitford sat down with HFPA journalist Vera Anderson to talk about his new comedy Perfect Harmony, his past roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out, and what inspired him to act. They also dig into politics in the era of Trump, from being a celebrity and using a platform to speak out on current issues, how politics is about how you create a moral vis...

Writer/director/producer/actor Edward Norton sits down with HFPA journalist Ting Ting Xu to talk about his new film, Motherless Brooklyn, is an attempt to make a movie with a clear message despite a complex plot (a la Chinatown), and the challenges of wearing many hats throughout production. They also dive into his career, from detouring to projects that capture his imagination, playing The Incred...

In the wake of the first Downton Abbey film, Allen Leech (Tom Branson) sat down with HFPA journalist Gabrielle Donnelly to discuss the six seasons that led to the new movie, getting back into the groove of the show, and how life has changed for him since. They also talk about his formal education, his childhood, how Frances McDormand recognized him at his first Golden Globes, the impact of theater...

Todd Phillips, writer-director of the new DC Comics film Joker, sat down to talk with HFPA journalist Gabriel Lerman about sneaking an old-school 70s-style character piece through the studio system, convincing Joaquin Phoenix to tackle the titular role, and how their partnership informed and evolved the character over the course of the production. They also talk about the state of comedy today, Ph...

HFPA journalist Ana Maria Bahiana sits down to talk to Timothy Hutton about his new TV show, Almost Famil, in which he plays a fertility doctor who has used his own genetic material to conceive at least 100 children. They also discuss his role in his high school production of Guys and Dolls, his award-winning supporting role in Robert Redford's Ordinary People, his memories from his first Golden G...