Tony Leung (Hong Kong, 63) enters the lobby of a Madrid hotel and brings with him an absolute sense of calm. The pace slows; you even get the impression the temperature has dropped slightly. Leung’s image in the film collective was sealed by his role in In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai’s masterpiece that earned Leung the best actor award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. A man anchored in melancholy, unable to confront his unfaithful wife or to declare his love to his neighbor. That introspection turned Leung into one of the coolest men on the planet.

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Willem Dafoe is never far from a movie masterpiece. From his work alongside director Wes Anderson in the likes of The Grand Budapest Hotel and Asteroid City, and his intelligently puzzling performance in American Psycho, to starring opposite Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse, and his most demanding role to date in The Last Temptation of Christ, there is little Dafoe hasn't yet achieved. All that being said, he still works at an incredible pace, having appeared in over 10 movies in just the last two years.

As a child, Camila Morrone (Los Angeles, 28) found it odd when she heard her mother and father arguing and repeating the same lines over and over in her family living room. She later understood that her parents’ profession — they are both actors — required long hours of learning lines, rehearsing scripts, and attending auditions that did not always have the hoped-for outcome. The actress has said she grew to feel some aversion to acting during her teens, though deep down she knew it was the path she would follow.

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