Jupiter Ascending

Mila Kunis (Actor) .. Jupiter Jones

Born: August 14, 1983 in Chernivtsi in Ukraine

Best Known For: Black Swan and voicing Meg Griffin on Family Guy.

Early-life: Milena Markovna Kunis was born in Chernivtsi in Ukraine on August 14, 1983, to Elvira and Mark. She has an older brother, Michael. When she was seven, her family moved to Los Angeles. At the age of nine, Mila started taking acting lessons at the Beverly Hills Studios. A year later, she landed her first role in the film Make a Wish, Molly (1995).

Career: Mila's big break came in 1998 when she was cast as Jackie Burkhart in the sitcom That ‘70s Show. The long-running show ran for eight seasons, clocking up 200 episodes. In 1999, she began voicing Meg Griffin on Family Guy. She made the transition to film in the early 2000s. After a good start in Get Over It (2001) she went on to star in a number of poorly received films until she returned to form in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). Since then, she has appeared in Extract (2009), The Book of Eli (2010), Black Swan (2010), Friends with Benefits (2011), Ted (2012) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

Quote: I don't think it's true that blondes have more fun… Trust me, it is not true!'

Trivia: She is a fan of online computer game World of Warcraft.

Channing Tatum (Actor) .. Caine Wise

Eddie Redmayne (Actor) .. Balem Abrasax

Born: January 06, 1982 in London

Best Known For: The 2012 movie version of Les Miserables.

Early-life: Edward John David Redmayne was born in London on January 6, 1982 to Patricia and Richard. He attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe and was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. His first stage performance was playing a workhouse boy in a Sam Mendes production of Oliver! He also gained experience with the National Youth Theatre.

Career: Redmayne starred in a production of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in 2002 and two years later, he won an Evening Standard award for his performance in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? His TV credits include roles in Doctors, Elizabeth I, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Pillars of the Earth and Birdsong. His big break came in 2012 when he was cast as Marius Pontmercy in the big-screen version of Les Miserables.

Quote: 'I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.'

Trivia: Redmayne won a Laurence Olivier award in 2010 for his role in Red.

Sean Bean (Actor) .. Stinger Apini

Born: April 17, 1959 in Sheffield

Best Known For: Blunt-talking soldier Sharpe.

Early-life: Born Shaun Mark Bean in Sheffield on April 17, 1959, the elder of two children. A fanatical Sheffield United supporter with '100% Blade' tattooed on his shoulder, he left school at 16 with two O-Levels. His first job was working for his father's welding firm, and while he was doing a day-release course at college he stumbled on an acting class. He was later accepted into Rada and made his professional stage debut in 1983 as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

Career: Sean worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his TV debut in a 1984 episode of The Bill. Roles in The Fifteen Streets, Stormy Monday and Patriot Games followed before Lady Chatterley and the first Sharpe TV movies made him a household name in 1993. Other work includes A Woman's Guide to Adultery, Bravo Two Zero, GoldenEye, Ronin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Equilibrium, Troy, National Treasure and HBO TV series Game of Thrones. He is one of Hollywood's most sought-after character actors and always has a number of productions in the pipeline.

Quote: 'I don't have any problems with women seeing me as their ideal bit of 'rough'. Why would I?'

Trivia: He has voiced characters in a number of video games.

Douglas Booth (Actor) .. Titus Abrasax

Tuppence Middleton (Actor) .. Kalique Abrasax

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Actor) .. Famulus

Terry Gilliam (Actor) .. The Seal and Signet Minister

Born: November 22, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Best Known For: Being a former member of the Monty Python team.

Early-life: Terrence Vance Gilliam was born on November 22, 1940, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He developed a passion for comics and books from an early age before studying physics and political science in Los Angeles. At one point he planned to be a missionary. However, his artistic skills led him to work on a series of magazines before meeting John Cleese, who he hired for a photo-based comic strip.

Career: Gilliam created the animated segments for Do Not Adjust Your Set and Monty Python's Flying Circus before co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones in 1974. He made his solo project Jabberwocky in 1977 and was art director on Monty Python's Life of Brian. His first blockbuster was 1981's Time Bandits, which paved the way for the controversial Brazil four years later. His follow-up, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, was one of the industry's most expensive flops, but Gilliam redeemed himself with The Fisher King in 1991. Other movies include Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the much-delayed The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Quote: 'I'm happy to say that we're living in an interesting time. I don't know if it gets better than this.'

Lilly Wachowski (Director)

Lana Wachowski (Director)

6:35 pm - 7:35 pm, Saturday, May 9 on 5STAR (32)

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