Career: After attending Georgia State University, Julia moved to New York to begin her career. She also did some modelling. Her first role was in Blood Red, alongside her brother, in 1986, although it wasn't released for three years. Mystic Pizza was her first notable project in 1988, and a year later she received her first Oscar nomination for Steel Magnolias. Pretty Woman made her a massive star. Hits since then include Flatliners, Sleeping with the Enemy, My Best Friend's Wedding, Notting Hill and Ocean's Eleven. She won an Oscar for Erin Brockovich, becoming Hollywood's highest paid actress in the process.

Career: Bottle Rocket was so well-received, the writers were asked to turn it into a full-length feature. Although it wasn't a hit, it launched Wilson's acting career - his frequent collaborator Ben Stiller offered him a small role in The Cable Guy after seeing the movie. He went on to star in films including Armageddon, The Haunting, Shanghai Noon, Meet the Parents and Zoolander, although he gained more critical acclaim for co-writing Anderson's films Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he was Oscar-nominated. Since then, he's taken starring roles in Starsky and Hutch, Wedding Crashers, Drillbit Taylor, Marley and Me, Midnight in Paris and Hall Pass, as well as reuniting with Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited.

Career: Patinkin made his film debut in 1978 Richard Dreyfuss comedy The Big Fix. The same year he appeared in cult sitcom Taxi, and then in Last Embrace, French Postcards, Night of the Juggler and Yentl. He has also won acclaim for his theatre work, picking up a Tony Award for his performance in Evita, and rave reviews for the musical Sunday in the Park with George. In 1987 he played a dashing swashbuckler in much-loved fairytale The Princess Bride, and a year later portrayed a cop from another world in Alien Nation. Warren Beatty cast him as a pianist in his lavish comic book adventure Dick Tracy, and Patinkin went on to play Dr Jeffrey Geiger in acclaimed medical drama Chicago Hope. More recent appearances include the TV series Dead Like Me, and crimebuster Jason Gideon in Criminal Minds.