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: Vaughn was written into Swingers (1996) by Favreau to play the character of Trent. It was a critical success and led to Steven Spielberg casting Vaughn in the big-budget sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 1997. He spent the next decade notching up hit after hit, from heavyweight dramas like Return to Paradise (1998), through to comedy fare like Old School (2003), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and Be Cool (2005). He is considered the leader of, what the media refers to as, 'The Frat Pack,' along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell and Owen and Luke Wilson. His other film credits include The Break-Up (2006), Into the Wild (2007), Fred Claus (2007), Four Christmases (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), The Internship (2013) and Delivery Man (2013).

Career: For the next few years, Walken appeared in musical productions. After 1966's Barefoot in Athens, small roles in The Anderson Tapes and Annie Hall followed. His big break came in 1978 when he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Deer Hunter. He's been in demand ever since. Other films include A View to a Kill, Batman Returns, True Romance, Pulp Fiction and Catch Me If You Can. He continues to be an in-demand character actor, excelling in both comedy and serious drama. Dancing in Fat Boy Slim video Weapon of Choice introduced him to a new generation of fans. More recent work includes Wedding Crashers, Man of the Year, Hairspray and Seven Psychopaths.

Career: After switching to acting, Seymour's movie debut was in a small role in Oh! What a Lovely War in 1969. A year later she made her first TV appearance in Here Come the Double Deckers! Roles in TV series The Pathfinders, The Onedin Line and The Strauss Family made her a famous name in the UK, but it was Bond flick Live and Let Die in 1973 which turned her into a star. She's worked continuously on the small and big screens ever since in such projects as Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Somewhere in Time, War and Remembrance, and the long-running Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. She's also taken part in Dancing with the Stars and was last seen on the big screen in Love, Wedding, Marriage.

Career: In 2001, McAdams shot an MTV pilot called Shotgun Love Dolls and in the same year, she made her film debut in My Name is Tanino. She received a Genie Award nomination in Canada for her role in Perfect Pie (2002). Her first Hollywood movie was The Hot Chick (2002), and her big break came in 2004 when she starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in teen comedy Mean Girls. Since then, McAdams has appeared in The Notebook (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), State of Play (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Morning Glory (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011) and About Time (2013).

Career: Isla's big break came in 1994 when she landed the role of Shannon Reed on Home and Away. After leaving the show in 1997, she enrolled at L'Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq, a theatre and arts training school in Paris. She also exploited the fame she achieved on Home and Away by appearing in pantomime in the UK. In 2002, she played Shaggy's love interest on the big screen in Scooby-Doo (2002). Since then she has appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including I Heart Huckabees (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Bachelorette (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Now You See Me (2013). On the small screen, she had a recurring role in the fourth season of Arrested Development.

Career: De Mornay's first movie was One From the Heart in 1982, but it was Risky Business a year later which put her firmly on the map. Movies such as a remake of And God Created Woman, Dealers, The Trip to Bountiful and Backdraft followed. In 1992, De Mornay scored a huge hit playing the villain in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, but struggled to capitalise on its success. Other career highlights include Guilty as Sin, The Three Musketeers, a miniseries version of The Shining and TV series A Girl Thing. Her recent films include American Venus, Music Within, Flipped, Mother's Day and American Reunion.