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 the United States, her superstitions, and more.

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, her vision for, experience of, and challenges with directing the first Fifty Shades of Grey film, and more.

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 support LGBTQ youth, their next project in Under My Skin, and more.

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 #MeToo movement, and more.

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 standup, his Kermit the Frog impression, and more.