Good God, I love Bright Young Things, actor Stephen Fry's directorial debut from 2003. I just watched it again last night and, although it's not a perfect film, I still marvel at its sprawling cast of film legends and (then) up-and-comers and the fact that they all work together so seemlessly. Just look at this cast list:
- Peter O'Toole
- Stockard Channing
- Julia McKenzie
- Imelda Staunton
- Richard E. Grant (he played the Spice Girls' manager Clifford in Spice World)
- Dan Aykroyd (not that exciting, I know, but he's actually not too shabby here)
- Jim Broadbent
- Michael Sheen (before his big breakthrough in The Queen, he played the super-effeminate Miles- talk about change of pace)
- Emily Mortimer (before Dear Frankie and Match Point made her well-known in the States)
- David Tennant (apparently he's the most recent Dr. Who, a cult sci-fi show that's been on in the UK for years)
- James McAvoy (a couple of years before his breakthrough in The Last King of Scotland and Atonement made him an international sex symbol)
- Stephen Campbell Moore (I love him so much; although he was in The History Boys (the stage version and the film)- which I haven't seen yet, for some odd reason- he hasn't had a big break yet à la Sheen and McAvoy...such a shame)
