The Cast

AMY ADAMS

'Ashley'

Amy Adams (Ashley) first garnered attention in Steven Spielberg's smash hit CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, in which she played Leonardo DiCaprio's adoring fiancée 'Brenda'.

Her other film credits include DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, CRUEL INTENTIONS 2, THE SLAUGHTER RULE, PUMPKIN and SERVING SARA. Amy has also appeared on numerous television shows such as THAT 70s SHOW; CHARMED; ZOE, DUNCAN, JACK and JANE; PROVIDENCE; BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER; SMALLVILLE; and THE WEST WING.

Amy finished shooting the following films,THE LAST RUN and STANDING STILL, and was last seen in THE WEDDING DATE opposite Debra Messing.

EMBETH DAVIDTZ

'Madeleine'

Embeth Davidtz has consistently delivered compelling performances since her breakout role as the doomed Jewish maid in Steven Spielberg's SCHINDLER'S LIST. Time and again, she has wrought luminous, intelligent portrayals alongside some of Hollywood's most talented actors.

Embeth co-starred in BRIDGET JONES' DIARY with Renee Zellwegger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant. She also appeared in Universal Pictures' THE EMPEROR'S CLUB, directed by Neil Tolkin and co-starring Kevin Kline. Film credits include MANSFIELD PARK, Robert Altman's critically acclaimed thriller THE GINGERBREAD MAN, and FEAST OF JULY. Embeth also appeared in MATILDA, FALLEN opposite Denzel Washington, and MURDER IN THE FIRST opposite Kevin Bacon.

BEN McKENZIE

'Johnny'

Ben McKenzie was born and raised in Texas. Following, his graduation from the University of Virginia where he was a Foreign Affairs and Economics Major, he moved to New York to pursue acting.

While in New York he appeared off-Broadway in LIFE IS A DREAM at the Soho Rep. Additionally, he performed in numerous productions at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, including STREET SCENE and THE BLUE BIRD, and at the University of Virginia, in MEASURE FOR MEASURE and ZOO STORY before moving to Los Angeles where he landed the lead role in the Fox series THE O.C.

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA

'George'

Alessandro Nivola's (George) first professional leading role earned him a Drama Desk Award Nomination for his performance opposite Helen Mirren on Broadway in Turgenev's A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. The following year he drew critical acclaim and a Blockbuster Award Nomination for playing Nicolas Cage's paranoid genius younger brother in John Woo's FACE OFF.

A series of British film roles followed, establishing Alessandro as one of the few Americans capable of convincingly playing a British character, mastering received pronunciation as well as regional dialects. He starred as a Hastings fisherman opposite Rachel Weisz in Michael Winterbottom's I WANT YOU, played the charming cad in the Patricia Rozema adaptation of Jane Austen's MANSFIELD PARK, and a singing/dancing King Ferdinand of Navarre in Kenneth Branagh's musical film of Shakespeare's LOVES LABOURS LOST.

Back in the U.S. he starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in BEST LAID PLANS, and played leading roles in JURASSIC PARK 3, and Mike Figgis' TIME CODE. He returned to the theater to play Orlando to Gwyneth Paltrow's Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT at Williamstown, before being reunited with Helen Mirren in Peter Jan Brugge's film THE CLEARING, where he played Robert Redford's son.

Last year, he earned an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for his performance as the rock singer Ian McNight in Lisa Cholodenko's LAUREL CANYON. Apart from seducing both Kate Beckinsale and Frances McDormand in the film, he recorded the character's songs himself prompting Vogue magazine to write, Òhe sings Brit pop well enough to get a record deal.Ó

His upcoming films include THE SISTERS, which will premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. And TURNING GREEN will premiere at the Cine Vegas Festival also this spring. He just finished filming GOAL, playing an international soccer star with a mullet and a fake tan, and he will shortly begin filming opposite Julia Styles and Jeremy Renner in SUCCESS, adapted from the Martin Amis novel.

He is a graduate of Yale University with a BA in English.

CELIA WESTON

'Peg'

Celia Weston (Peg), has been seen in nearly thirty films ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to trend-setting indies. Celia was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast of a Motion Picture for her work in the critically acclaimed IN THE BEDROOM

Celia's many film credits include FAR FROM HEAVEN; RUNAWAY JURY; HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS; THE HULK; K-PAK; HEARTS IN ATLANTIS; IGBY GOES DOWN; THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY; SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS; FLIRTING WITH DISASTER; and LITTLE MAN TATE to name but a few. Celia garnered an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for her unforgettable work in Tim Robbins' DEAD MAN WALKING.

Celia has also delighted audiences on television and the stage. She was nominated for a Tony award and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO. She was honored by the Drama League for her performance in LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO and SUMMER AND SMOKE. She co-starred with Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly in the acclaimed revival of Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST. She will next be seen in the upcoming feature RAJASTAN.

SCOTT WILSON

'Eugene'

Scott Wilson (Eugene) was born in 1942 in Altanta, Georgia U.S.A.

Wilson graduated from Thomas High School and was awarded a basketball scholarship at Georgia's Southern Tech University to study architecture. Becoming an Architect was more of his father's idea than his and so when an injury forced him to leave College, Wilson (19) hitchhiked across the country to Los Angeles, seeing a good bit of "local colour" on the way.

Wilson fell into acting, literally, falling down drunk and landing in an acting class with a newfound pal who announced "here's a star". The next day, feeling very embarrassed about his condition, he returned to the class to apologise. The acting teacher gave him the monologue from LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT to read and he became intrigued and stayed on in the class, later being cast in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST his first play.

Wilson made his motion picture debut in a supporting role of Director Norman Jewison's IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT starring Rod Steiger. His second break-through film was IN COLD BLOOD in which he played his first leading role, as real life murderer Dick Hickok. This movie was based on Truman Capote's famous book of two wandering gunmen (Robert Blake played the other real life murderer Perry Smith) who slaughter an entire, innocent mid western family after robbing their house.

One of Wilson's memorable roles was as the garage owner in GREAT GATSBY, who shoots Gatsby (Robert Redford) dead in his swimming pool at the end of the movie and GRISSOM GANG, directed by Robert Aldrich in which Wilson plays lecherous psychopath Slim Grissom.

One of his more intriguing credits was with the first US-Polish film YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN, in which he played the romantic lead of an American GI who doesn't speak Polish and a Polish woman who doesn't speak English. This film won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival and got great reviews in the United States.

A film that Wilson is most proud of is OUR GOD'S BROTHER in which he portrayed Adam Chmielowski (Saint Brother Albert), based on a story written by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) before he became the Pontiff. The filming of this movie took Wilson and his Wife, Heavenly, an attorney and also a professional painter and sculptor who he met in 1974 after filming GREAT GATSBY to Rome, Italy where they personally met the Pontiff.

His other feature film roles include Sydney Pollack's CASTLE KEEP starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Fleisher's NEW CENTURIONS, starring George C. Scott and ON THE LINE a US-Spanish co-production for which he was Best Actor co-winner at the Cartagena Film Festival.

Some of Wilson's more recent and dramatic movies have included JOHNNY HANDSOME starring Mickey Rourke, YOUNG GUNS II starring Lou diamond phillips and Emilio Estevez, GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND starring Gene Hackman, FLESH and BONE starring Dennis Quaid, Tim Robbins' DEAD MAN WALKING starring Sean Penn, JUDGE DREDD starring Sylvester Stallone and G.I. JANE starring Demi Moore.

Also in 1997 Wilson was remembered by Rod Steiger for his considerable talent IN the HEAT OF THE NIGHT and felt that he would be perfect to play Judd Travers in the family film SHILOH. This is a story about a courageous boy, who through compassion, touches the heart of a man filled with hate (Wilson).

Then in 1999 SHILOH 2: SHILOH SEASON (1999) was made with Wilson again appearing as Judd Travers, who by the end of the movie has found that through the power of kindness, he could learn not to hate.

Most recently, Wilson was seen a very memorable Joe in the Oscar-winning film MONSTER starring Charlize Theron and as Ambassador Swanbeck in the epic Ed Zwick feature THE LAST SAMURAI with Tom Cruise.