Career: An agent spotted Theron arguing with a bank clerk and signed her on the spot. After eight months of acting lessons she landed her first role, a non-speaking part in Children of the Corn III. A more significant role in 2 Days in the Valley followed. Tom Hanks cast her in That Thing You Do! in 1996, and she hasn't looked back, appearing in hits such as The Devil's Advocate, Mighty Joe Young, and Reindeer Games. In 2003, she starred in the remake of The Italian Job and critically acclaimed drama Monster; her performance in the latter won her an Oscar. She also starred in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Aeon Flux, Hancock, The Road, Young Adult, Snow White & the Huntsman and Prometheus.

Career: Edgerton appeared in the film Erskineville Kings (1999) but his breakthrough in Australia came when he played Will McGill in TV series The Secret Life of Us. He got his international breakthrough when he played Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Edgerton then went on to appear in the films Ned Kelly (2003), King Arthur (2004), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Kinky Boots (2005) and Smokin' Aces (2006). He starred as mixed martial arts fighter Brendan Conlon in Warrior (2011) and appeared in The Thing (2011) during the same year. His next notable roles were in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Great Gatsby (2013). More recently, Edgerton has appeared in The Gift (2015), Black Mass (2015) and Loving (2016).