Career: Dakota made her acting debut in Crazy in Alabama (1999), a film that starred her mother, featured her half-sister Stella and was directed by her stepfather Antonio Banderas. In 2006, Dakota signed with IMG Models and in 2009, she modelled for MANGO brand's jeans. Her acting career proper started with a scene alongside Justin Timberlake in The Social Network (2010). Roles followed in Beastly (2011), For Ellen (2012), Goats (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012), The Five-Year Engagement (2012) and Gay Dude (2012) before she landed a lead role in short-lived sitcom Ben and Kate. In September 2013, it was announced that she would play the female lead in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey (2014).

Career: Segel's first major acting role was in 1999 NBC comedy drama Freaks and Geeks. He had a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation before his breakthrough in CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Success followed on the big screen in Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), Get Him to the Greek (2010), The Muppets (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011), Bad Teacher (2011), This Is 40 (2012), The Five-Year Engagement (2012) and Sex Tape (2014).

Career: Affleck made his film debut in dark comedy To Die For (1995) and followed this up with box-office flop Race the Sun (1997). He had better luck when he starred with his brother in Chasing Amy (1997) and Good Will Hunting (1997). He went on to star in a string of commercial failures but his fortunes changed when he was part of the ensemble cast in Ocean's Eleven (2001). He reprised his character, Virgil Malloy, in two Ocean's sequels. Affleck's big break came in 2007 when he starred opposite Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a role that earned him an Academy Award nomination. Since then, Affleck has starred in The Killer Inside Me (2010), Tower Heist (2011), Out of the Furnace (2013) and Manchester By the Sea (2016).