Sydney Sweeney, Kate Hudson, Dwayne Johnson and Adam Sandler Light Up Variety’s Inaugural ‘Actors on Actors’ Bash

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood weren’t afraid to act up on Friday night.

Ahead of this year’s Golden Globe awards, Variety held an invite-only celebration marking the 23rd season of its “Actors on Actors” series. At the hallowed Polo Lounge inside the Beverly Hills Hotel, industry players and many of the year’s most celebrated stars and filmmakers came to toast the franchise that pairs notable thespians for uncensored conversations about the craft.

Sydney Sweeney, Kate Hudson, Teyana Taylor, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler, Jesse Plemons, Ethan Hawke, Tonatiuh, Connor Storrie, Odessa A’zion, Kumail Nanjiani and many more showed to the event hosted by Variety’s co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne.

Season 23 was exceptional. For the first time, Leonardo DiCaprio allowed a fellow A-lister in Jennifer Lawrence to quiz him about his process. Julia Roberts let the world know how long…