Career: Maguire left school early and began gaining small roles in advertisements and TV shows. He had a regular role in sitcom Great Scott! in 1992, and went on to appear in such acclaimed films as This Boy's Life (opposite good friend Leonardo DiCaprio), The Ice Storm and Deconstructing Harry. Ride with the Devil, Pleasantville and The Cider House Rules proved he was more than just a pretty face and put him on the map. Since then he's appeared in Wonder Boys, Ride with the Devil, Seabiscuit, Spider-Man, together with its two hugely successful sequels, Brothers and, again with DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby.

Career: Her debut movie was 1989's New York Stories. Roles in Bonfire of the Vanities and TV series Loving followed. Her breakthrough year was 1994, when she starred in Interview with the Vampire, Jumanji, and Little Women. In 1996, she had a recurring role in ER and since then has become one of Hollywood's top young actresses. Dunst's most acclaimed work has been in such movies as The Virgin Suicides, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bring It On, Spider-Man and its sequel, Mona Lisa Smile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Wimbledon. Recent projects include romantic comedy Elizabethtown, as well as the lavish Marie-Antoinette and Spider-Man 3.

Career: Molina's movie breakthrough came in 1987 when he played Kenneth Halliwell, the tragic lover of playwright Joe Orton, in Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears (1987). He also appeared in Enchanted April (1991), The Perez Family (1995), Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (1997) and Chocolat (2000). A superb turn in Salma Hayek vehicle Frida (2002) saw him cast as Doctor Octopus in big-budget blockbuster Spider-Man 2 (2004). Other film credits include An Education (2009), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), while his stage credits are numerous. In 2010, he featured alongside Dawn French in BBC sitcom Roger and Val Have Just Got In, and began starring in Law & Order: Los Angeles. His more recent credits include the films Love is Strange (2014) and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016). He has also had roles in TV series Matador, Feud and Angie Tribeca.

Career: Franco landed a role in cult US TV show Freaks and Geeks, and followed it up with other minor roles before scoring a major critical success in a TV movie about the life of James Dean. That led to him being cast Spider-Man's best friend in the summer 2002 major hit Spider-Man and its sequels. Deuces Wild, City by the Sea, Pineapple Express and In the Valley of Elah followed. He won rave reviews opposite Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's Milk and gave an Oscar-nominated performance in 127 Hours - he also co-hosted the Oscars in 2011. Despite huge movie successes, Franco re-enrolled at UCLA in the autumn of 2006 to study creative writing; he later published a collection of short stories which received mixed reviews.

Career: Stage roles followed with Captain Hook and Mr Darling, Peter Pan and a revival of Guys and Dolls. His film debut came in The Ref (1994). He made guest appearances in a number of TV shows before his big break in 1997 when he began playing Dr Emil Skoda in Law & Order. He also played a villain in six seasons of crime drama OZ. His movie credits include scene-stealing performances in The Gift (2000), The Mexican (2001) and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, where he played newspaper mogul J Jonah Jameson. He was a main character in TV crime drama The Closer, which ran from 2005 until 2012. His other movie credits include Juno (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Up in the Air (2009) and I Love You, Man (2009). He has also voiced a number of characters in TV shows, films and video games.

Career: Raimi moved away from the horror genre, directing the western The Quick and the Dead (1995), crime thriller A Simple Plan (1998) and the romantic drama For Love of the Game (1999). He achieved critical and commercial success in 2002 with the release of Spider-Man. It grossed more than $800million worldwide and Raimi went on to direct two more equally successful Spidey sequels. More recently, Raimi has directed Drag Me to Hell (2009) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He produced the 2013 remake of Evil Dead. On TV, Raimi has produced Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess, and been the executive producer on Spartacus Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.