OWEN WILSON (John Grogan) : He has made his mark in Hollywood as both an actor and writer for feature films. Originally from Texas, Wilson now resides in Los Angeles.
Most recently, Wilson appeared in Steven Brill's high concept comedy "Drillbit Taylor" for Paramount, produced by Judd Apatow. Wilson was recently seen with Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman in the independent hit "The Darjeeling Limited" (from Fox Searchlight Pictures) and with Ben Stiller and Robin Williams in director Shawn Levy's blockbuster comedy "Night at the Museum." His recent box office successes also include "You, Me and Dupree" opposite Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon and Disney's animated feature "Cars," which was nominated for an Academy Award® in the category of Best Animated Film. Up next is "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," the sequel to the 2006 smash.
In the summer of 2006, Wilson starred in the blockbuster comedy "Wedding Crashers" opposite Vince Vaughn. This followed the success of Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic: The Life of Steve Zissou," in which Wilson starred opposite Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston. Wilson's previous work with Wes Anderson includes "The Royal Tannenbaums," for which he and Anderson were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay He also served as associate producer on the Oscar® winning film "As Good As It Gets."
Wilson's additional acting credits include "The Cable Guy," "Armageddon," "The Minus Man," "Shanghai Noon," "Meet The Parents," "Zoolander," "Behind Enemy Lines," "I Spy," "Shanghai Knights" and "Starsky and Hutch."
JENNIFER ANISTON (Jenny Grogran ): Born in Sherman Oaks, California and raised in New York City, is a versatile actress who was exposed to acting at an early age by her father, John Aniston, who starred on NBC's daytime drama "Days of Our Lives," and by her godfather, the late Telly Savalas.
Aniston stars opposite Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson in the feature film "He's Just Not That Into You," based on the bestseller by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. In the past year, she also completed the films "Traveling" co-starring Aaron Eckhart, and "Management" with Steve Zahn, the latter premiering at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. Additionally, Aniston is set to produce "Goree Girls" with producing partner, Kristin Hahn. The project is based on the true story of a group of women who served time in Texas' Goree Prison during the 1940s and formed one of the nation's first all-female country and western acts.
Aniston completed her tenth and final season on the hit ensemble comedy "Friends," along with Courteney Cox-Arquette, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Lisa Kudrow, on NBC. Her work as Rachel Green earned her five Emmy® nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Award® nominations as well as two Golden Globe® Award nominations, and four People's Choice® Awards. Aniston won her first Emmy in 2002 for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series as well as her first Golden Globe Award in 2003 for Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
In addition to the massive success she has achieved on the small screen, Aniston has continued to branch out with very different roles on the silver screen. She was last seen in the hit romantic comedy "The Break-Up," which also starred Vince Vaughn. She also starred in "Friends with Money," which marked Aniston's return to independent cinema; her performance and the film received rave reviews. Additionally, Aniston starred in the Rob Reiner film "Rumor Has It," as well as in the thriller "Derailed," also starring Clive Owen.
Aniston played opposite Ben Stiller in Universal's "Along Came Polly" and starred opposite Jim Carrey and Morgan Freeman in the smash hit comedy, "Bruce Almighty."
Aniston starred in Miguel Arteta's critically acclaimed third film, "The Good Girl" opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly and Zooey Deschanel, for which Aniston earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. The film made its debut to rave reviews at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Fox Searchlight.
In 2006, Aniston made her directorial debut, directing the short film, "Room 10," as part of the award winning short film series, Glamour Reel Moments.
DAVID FRANKEL (Director) : Directed the smash hit "The Devil Wears Prada" starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Additionally, he directed the HBO series "Entourage," for which he was nominated for an Emmy in 2005. Previously for HBO, he directed the hit show "Sex and the City," and "Band of Brothers," the latter winning six Emmys, including Best Director. He also directed "The Pennsylvania Miners' Story" for ABC.
Frankel is a comedy writer and director who began writing and producing TV sitcoms before making his feature film directorial debut with "Miami Rhapsody" in 1995, Frankel also wrote and produced the film, which featured Sarah Jessica Parker.