KATE HUDSON (Emma Dinsmore/Eulva/Elsa/Eldora/Anna) most recently starred opposite Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and has just completed work on Le Divorce, a contemporary comedy for Merchant-Ivory.
Hudson won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as numerous other honors and recognition for her memorable performance as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. Hudson made her studio film debut in Risa Bramon Garcia's offbeat comedy 200 Cigarettes, co-starring Ben Affleck, Courtney Love, Christina Ricci, Jay Mohr, Dave Chappelle, Martha Plimpton, Paul Rudd and Gaby Hoffman. Critics throughout the country singled out her performance. Next she co-starred in director Morgan J. Freeman's Desert Blue and in the psychological drama Gossip.
Hudson's additional feature film credits include a starring role opposite Heath Ledger and Wes Bentley for director Shekhar Kapur in the period epic The Four Feathers; Dr. T and the Women; and About Adam. Next up, Hudson will star in director Garry Marshall's Raising Helen.
LUKE WILSON (Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley) can currently be seen co-starring with Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in DreamWorks Films' Old School. The hit comedy is about three men in their 30s who become disenchanted with life and try to recapture their college days.
Wilson made his feature debut in the critically acclaimed independent film, Bottle Rocket. The film was the first written and directed by Wes Anderson and co-written by his brother, Owen, who also co-starred.
Following Bottle Rocket, Wilson went on to appear in various cameo and supporting roles before winning lead roles in Bruce McCulloch's Dog Park and in Home Fries opposite Drew Barrymore.
Luke re-teamed with Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson for 1998's Rushmore, which appeared on many critic's Top Ten Lists, and then most recently in Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, in which Wilson appeared with an all-star cast that included Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, and Bill Murray.
Wilson also appeared with Martin Lawrence in the hit comedy, Blue Streak, and opposite Heather Graham in Committed, which was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. He appeared in the smash hit, Charlie's Angels, and starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
In addition to Alex & Emma, Wilson has no less than 3 films coming up: he will also reprise his roles in the sequels to Charlie's Angels and Legally Blonde, as well as appear in Masked & Anonymous opposite Bob Dylan, Penelope Cruz, and Jessica Lange.
One of France's most recognizable film stars, SOPHIE MARCEAU (Polina) is possibly best known in the U.S. for her debut performance as Princess Isabel in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, and for her part as Bond girl Elektra King in The World is Not Enough. She was also featured as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream opposite Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer and in the lighthearted Lost and Found opposite comedian David Spade.
Marceau was most recently seen in Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre for director Jean-Paul Salomé and she also starred in La Fidélité for Poland's acclaimed director Andrzej Zulawski.
Marceau became a star in France with her debut film, La Boum; two years later the sequel brought her a Cesar Award for Female Performer of the Year. Since then, she has gone on to star in more than twenty feature films, including Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, directed by Bernard Rose; Firelight, directed by William Nicholson; La note bleue, Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours and L'amour braque, directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Marceau's stage debut in Jean Anouilh's Euridyce brought her a Moliere Award for Female Revelation of the Year. She also starred as Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion at the Theatre des Arts Hebertot in 1993.
Alex & Emma marks DAVID PAYMER's (John Shaw) second collaboration with Rob Reiner, having co-starred in The American President. An extremely talented character actor, David Paymer earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his performance as Billy Crystal's long-suffering brother in Mr. Saturday Night. He also received a Golden Globe nomination in 1997 for his supporting role in HBO's dramatic film about the Lindbergh kidnapping, Crime of the Century.

Paymer has recently appeared in such films as David Mamet's State and Main, Norman Jewison's The Hurricane, Lawrence Kasdan's Mumford, Steven Spielberg's Amistad, Oliver Stone's Nixon and Robert Redford's Quiz Show. He has also appeared in The Burial Society for celebrated Canadian director Nicholas Racz, Get Shorty, City Hall and Mighty Joe Young. Throughout his varied and successful career, Paymer has starred in such diverse films as Payback with Mel Gibson, Arthur Miller's Focus, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Heart and Souls and City Slickers, among many others.
He will next be seen co-starring in David Mamet's next film (currently untitled), Saving Grace with Natasha Lyonne and Tim Blake Nelson, and School of Life for director Bill Dear. The versatile Paymer launched his career in the hit Broadway show Grease, then starring Peter Gallagher. He won his first film role in the classic comedy The In-Laws with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin.