Jonathan Bailey and David Corenswet paired for Actors on Actors – fans have thirsty response

Jonathan Bailey has been paired with David Cornswet for Variety’s 'Actors on Actors'

Jonathan Bailey has been paired with David Cornswet for Variety’s 'Actors on Actors'. (Don Arnold/WireImage/Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage)

Jonathan Bailey has been paired with David Cornswet for Variety’s Actors on Actors, and fans can’t control their thirst for the duo.

On Wednesday (3 December), Variety and CNN revealed the celebrity-packed lineup for the 23rd season of Actors on Actors, the Emmy-winning franchise that pairs the year’s best performers in interviews about their careers. 

Among this year’s parings is Wicked: For Good’s Bailey and Superman’s Corenswet. 

Bailey, who was crowned was crowned the sexiest man alive in 2025 by People magazine, and Corenswet, who plays Clark Kent in the 2025 reboot of Hollywood’s favourite Kryptonian crusader, will sit down for a candid chat in an interview scheduled to debut on 7 December. 

The handsome duo’s pairing has fans eagerly awaiting their upcoming interview, and posting some very thirsty comments in response to the announcement. 

‘I am tuning in’

“This is going to be the most flirtatious conversation in the world,” a comment with 17,000 likes read.

Another fan joked: “And I’ll be under the table”. 

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“Oh I am tuning in,” one fan wrote alongside a meme of Kamala Harris nodding reassuringly.

“Pair them in my bedroom next,” one comment with almost 3,000 likes reads, while a fan who posted a meme of a woman enjoying herself – along with the comment “just had a full body reaction” – received more than 20,000 likes. 

Another thirsty fan commented: “I would like to also be on these actors.”

Ariana Grande and Adam Sandler will kick off season 23 on Friday, 5 December and will be followed by the iconic pairing of Wicked: For Good’s Cynthia Erivo and Hugh Jackman on 10 December. 

Season 23 of Actors on Actors is executive produced by Ramin Setoodeh and Donna Pennestri for Variety, along with Amy Entelis and Roxanna Sherwood for CNN Originals.

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