Bradley Cooper’s first feature role: Ben, the theater-minded counselor of Camp Firewood in David Wain’s Wet Hot American Summer, and what the part led to.

7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (2004), directed by Sven Unterwaldt Jr. with Otto Waalkes: its story, its comedy-star cast, its reception and where to watch it.

How Sharon Stone won the role of novelist and murder suspect Catherine Tramell in Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992), and what the part meant for her career.

Rick Thorne plays Cupid, one of Veck Simms’s reindeer-named crew, in Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009). A look at the role, the film and where Thorne’s career went.

Amparo Garcia-Crow appears as Louisa in James Cox’s Straight A’s (2013), a Louisiana family drama with Ryan Phillippe, Anna Paquin and Luke Wilson.

How Jason Statham, a former diver and market-stall seller, became Bacon in Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and what the role set in motion.

How Leonardo DiCaprio became Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo in Romeo + Juliet (1996): the casting, the performance, the Berlin Silver Bear and the role’s place in his career.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Watergate security guard Frank Wills in Spike Lee’s She Hate Me (2004), a divisive satire. Here is the role, the scenes and its place in his career.