The Bear Made Ayo Edebiri a Star – and Now a Director
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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The actor and director, nominated in both Emmy categories, talked to Rebecca about her ambitions for writing and directing in the future, including giving a certain purple dinosaur of children’s TV the film treatment. She also shares her thoughts about fans shipping Syd and Carmy, and why being on The Bear has made her hopeful for the future of Hollywood.
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| 0:00.0 | Sponsors include HBO Max presenting the HBO original The Pit, nominated for 13 Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series. |
| 0:09.7 | Starring Noah Wiley, the series follows Emergency Department staff as they attempt to overcome the hardships of a single 15-hour work shift at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, all while having to navigate staff |
| 0:22.4 | shortages, underfunding, and insufficient resources. Don't miss the series NPR is calling |
| 0:28.2 | exceptional, the best new show. Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:41.2 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:43.9 | My guest today is double Emmy nominee and star of the bear, Io Adebri. |
| 0:49.0 | She recently made history as the first woman to score nominations in the same year for both acting and directing in a comedy series. |
| 0:56.1 | It's not a big surprise that she's once again nominated |
| 0:58.7 | in lead actress in a comedy series |
| 1:00.6 | for her role as Chef Sidney. |
| 1:02.5 | She was also nominated in the same category last year |
| 1:04.8 | and she won for supporting actress |
| 1:06.8 | for the same role in season one. |
| 1:09.3 | But what I was really excited about |
| 1:10.8 | was to see her nominated for directing. |
| 1:13.5 | She held the episode Napkins in her directorial debut. |
| 1:17.5 | It's all so impressive, but Io's not resting on her laurels. |
| 1:21.5 | She and her adorable dog Gromit, who you will meet in this episode, |
| 1:25.5 | are both in London right now as she shoots an upcoming series from Will Sharp. |
| 1:30.1 | She's also starring in Luca Guadoninos |
| 1:32.1 | after The Hunt, |
| 1:33.2 | which is set to premiere at Venice in just a couple of weeks. |
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