How Demi Moore’s Molly Jensen in Ghost (1990) turned a Brat Pack actress into a box-office lead, and what the role led to, from A Few Good Men to The Substance.

Mizuo Peck played Sacagawea, Teddy Roosevelt’s companion, in Shawn Levy’s Night at the Museum (2006). The real history behind the role and what came after for Peck.

Pierre Boulanger plays Theo Marchand, Grace’s escort at the Monte Carlo ball, in Thomas Bezucha’s 2011 comedy. Role, performance and what came next.

Shakira’s 2002: the MTV-era ‘No Creo’ lyric that name-checks Karl Marx, the Laundry Service breakthrough, the VMAs stage and the Mongoose tour, and her 2026 work.

Steven Seagal plays ex-agent William Lansing in Out of Reach (2004), directed by Po-Chih Leong. The character, the key moments, the reception and Seagal’s recent work.

David Harbour plays Brian, the envelope-pushing fellow screenwriter in Richard Levine’s 2010 dramedy Every Day, a small role in a film about a TV writer at a crossroads.

Jacob Ericksson played Christer Malm in The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009). A look at the role, the stage-trained actor behind it and what the part meant for his career.

Cameron Diaz plays Amanda Woods in Nancy Meyers’s The Holiday (2006): the workaholic trailer-maker, her Dior shearling coat, and what the role meant for Diaz.

Ivana Baquero’s first film role was Ana in Paco Plaza’s 2004 horror drama Romasanta. How the part launched the girl who became Pan’s Labyrinth’s Ofelia.

Giovanni Esposito plays Coppa, the interpreter in The Tourist (2010), a Venice-set spy romance with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. The part and the film around it.