El elenco de la serie incluye la asombrosa cantidad de veinte ganadores del Oscar: Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Kline, Sir Michael Caine, Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, Jeremy Irons, Whoopi Goldberg, Brad Pitt, Sir Anthony Hopkins. , Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Michael Douglas, Reese Witherspoon y Sir Sean Connery; y ocho nominados al Oscar: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Samuel L. Jackson, John Lithgow, Graham Greene, Angela Bassett, Glenn Close y Jane Alexander.