Career: Douglas appeared in numerous projects before landing a lead role in TV series The Streets of San Francisco in 1972. Three years later he won an Oscar for co-producing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He continued his acting career with roles in such hits as Romancing the Stone and its sequel, The Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street (for which he won the Best Actor Oscar), Black Rain, The War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, Disclosure, The Game, A Perfect Murder, Wonder Boys, Traffic and You, Me and Dupree. He reprised his Gordon Gekko character in Oliver Stone's 2010 Wall Street sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Douglas was forced to take a break from acting in 2010 when he underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment for throat cancer. The illness and aggressive treatment caused him to lose more than two stone in weight. In January 2011, he revealed in an interview that the tumour had gone, but he needs to attend regular screenings as there is a very high likelihood that the cancer could return. He has returned to movie-making however, with a subsequent appearance in Haywire.

Career: Stone made her film debut in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories in 1980. She appeared in a host of hit-and-miss offerings, including King Solomon's Mines and Action Jackson before 1990 blockbuster Total Recall boosted her image. Stone became a household name two years later thanks to her role as bisexual novelist Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct, a part she reprised for a sequel in 2005. She received an Oscar nomination for her role in Martin Scorsese's Casino, and co-produced and starred in Western The Quick and the Dead. More recent projects include Bobby, Lovelace and TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2010.

Career: Tripplehorn made her TV drama debut in The Perfect Tribute, and a year later was snapped up for steamy blockbuster Basic Instinct. She was soon hired for Tom Cruise drama The Firm and Kevin Costner's expensive fantasy, Waterworld. She also featured in acclaimed comedy drama Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant vehicle Mickey Blue Eyes and arthouse movie Timecode. Other projects have included Steal This Movie, Paranoid, Relative Values, Frasier and The Moguls. Tripplehorn achieved critical acclaim in stage productions of Three Sisters, Tis Pity She's a Whore and The Big Funk. She played Barb Henrickson in US TV drama Big Love. More recently, she has starred in New Girl and Criminal Minds.