6 actors on striking 'the most difficult balance,' from fatherhood to the artistic process

Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”) join Arnett (“Is This Thing On?”), Del Toro (“One Battle After Another”), Elordi (“Frankenstein”) and Moura (“The Secret Agent”) on this year’s Envelope Actors Roundtable.This is read by an automated voice.

Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.Have you ever wondered what movie might draw praise from Jacob Elordi and Benicio Del Toro for its cinematic reverie? When you gather six actors from some of this year’s most acclaimed films, a thoughtful discussion about their roles and the craft is to be expected.

But in kicking off The Envelope’s 2025 Oscar Actors Roundtable, the talent reminded us that they’re movie fans like the rest of us, picking the films they wish they could experience again for the first time.“I’d like to watch ‘The Dark Knight’ again in the exact same circumstance that I watched it,” Elordi said, referring to Christopher Nolan’s dark retelling of Batman’s battle with the Joker.

“I was 11 and I was with my dad.I’d been told by my mother that I wasn’t allowed to see it because there’s a horrific sequence with a pencil and a magic trick.

My dad — when my mum was away — took me to the cinema to see it.I remember the first time I saw Heath [Ledger, as the Joker] onscreen and really feeling just totally moved by something.”Then Del Toro chimed in with his pick, “Papillon,” Franklin Schaffner’s 1973 prison film starring Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen: “I saw it when I was a kid.

We got in late in the movie, and it was a scene where they’re trying to get a gator.And they’re running around the crocodile.

I’ve always really enjoyed that film.”“And you really see Steve McQueen do more in that movie than ever before,” Elordi says.“When he starts going mad in that cell.”Jesse Plemons is more sheepish when coughing up his selection.“Everyone’s listing serious movies.

The movie that popp...