VIN DIESEL (Toorop): A native of New York City, has become one of Hollywood's most sought-after film stars. Further to his huge box-office successes as an actor, Diesel is a prominent producer and filmmaker. The most recent endeavor in his entrepreneurial rise is the video game company Tigon Studios, which created the popular and top selling X-Box game "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay," based on the character Diesel portrayed in the films "Pitch Black" and "The Chronicles of Riddick."
Diesel is currently filming the fourth installment of "The Fast and the Furious" film series, reprising his role as Dominic Toretto, as well as serving as a producer. Original cast members Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez are also reprising their roles from the first film.
Diesel was last seen in the courtroom drama "Find Me Guiltly," directed by Sidney Lumet, which documents one of the most famous mob trials of the last twenty years. Diesel earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of Jackie DiNorscio, the one mobster who chose to defend himself. Diesel put on twenty pounds to play the 47-year-old Italian mobster.
Diesel is also set to produce and play the title role in "Hannibal," which tells the story of the Carthaginian general who rode an elephant across the Alps to attack Rome in the third century B.C. In addition, Diesel's One Race Productions will produce "Hannibal the Barbarian," a children's animated series.
. Diesel starred in his first comedy, "The Pacifier," opposite Faith Ford, Brad Garrett, Lauren Graham and Brittany Snow. The film, directed by Adam Shankman, follows an undercover agent, who, after failing to protect an important government scientist, learns that the scientist's family is in danger. In an effort to redeem himself, he agrees to take care of the man's children only to discover that childcare is his toughest mission yet. "The Pacifier" was a huge box office success.
In "The Chronicles of Riddick," which he also produced, Diesel reprises the title role of Richard B. Riddick. Produced by Diesel's company, One Race Productions, it is the follow-up to the cult favorite "Pitch Black."


MICHELLE YEOH (Sister Rebeka): was recently seen in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," opposite Brendan Fraser and Jet Li. She also starred in Danny Boyle's sci-fi thriller "Sunshine," for Fox Searchlight Pictures; Rob Marshall's critically acclaimed "Memoirs of a Geisha," for Columbia Pictures; and the period drama "The Children of Huang Shi." Yeoh also starred in the independent film "Far North," directed by Asif Kapadia, in 2007.
Yeoh is best known to international audiences for her role as the intense swordswoman in Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and as the charming secret agent in the James Bond hit "Tomorrow Never Dies" - but the Malaysian-born actress has been knocking audiences out in Asia for more than two decades. Since stepping into the action-packed Hong Kong film world in 1984, she has starred in more than 30 films and challenged traditional views of Asian women with her portrayals of strong female characters.
Yeoh clearly demonstrated that she is more than the world's action queen in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," in a performance that brought her Best Actress nominations at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the BAFTAs. Yeoh received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 1997 Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in the historical drama "The Soong Sisters."

In October 2007, Yeoh was conferred the honor of Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor by the president of France, in recognition of her contribution to the arts and cultural exchange between Asia and France.
Yeoh does a good deal of work for charity and is also an honorary patron of amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research), the Hong Kong Cancer Fund and the ICM (Institute for Cerebral and Medullary Disorders). Recently, she became a global ambassador for the Make Roads Safe campaign for promoting global road safety.


MÉLANIE THIERRY (Aurora): She has appeared in the films "Largo Winch," "Chrysalis," "The Half Life of Timofey Berezin," "Pardonnez-Moi," "Les Ecorches," "15 Août," "Canone Inverso," "Quasimodo" and "The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean," the latter directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. She has also worked in several television productions and in the theater.