On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Daniel D’Addario details his time with David Harbour as the actor tries to navigate that trickiest of transitions – moving on from a career-making role after five seasons as Jim Hopper on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” And Marc Malkin brings us a Red Carpet Rundown with Taylor Swift and Joan Cusack from Disney’s “Toy Story 5” premiere.
Harbour was in the headlines last year after his former wife, singer-actor Lily Allen, released an album with pointed lyrics about their marriage which ended in early 2025. Harbour used the interview to share his perspective after keeping mostly quiet during the height of the controversy after the release of Allen’s “West End Girl” album last October.
D’Addario says Harbour seemed very clear-eyed about what he wanted to say — and what he wouldn’t say — about Allen and the experience overall.
“I was struck that he seemed serene and poised in walking me through his experience. I think part of what is at work here is that, happily, he is a very reflective person and has spent a lot of time over the course of the past year working through stuff out of the public eye on his own time. He’s able to speak about it in a very clear, thoughtful way,” D’Addarios says.
