Colin Firth as Max Perkins

Jude Law as Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman as Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney as Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby as Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas as John Wheelock

Harry Attwell as Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton as Bertha Perkins

Eve Bracken as Zippy Perkins

Gillian Hanna as Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson as John Wheelock

Miquel Brown as Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin as Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield as Mabel Wolfe

Richard Dempsey as Director

Katya Watson as Jane Perkins

Lorna Doherty as Peggy Perkins

Makenna McBrierty as Nancy Perkins

Lucy Briers as Miss Wyckoff

Ray Strasser King as James, Mailroom Clerk

David Altaner as Scribner's Staff

Charles Dinsdale as Scribner's Staff

Erick Hayden as Scribner's Staff

Kenneth Hazeldine as Scribner's Staff

Oliver King as Scribner's Staff

Alex Large as Scribner's Staff

Charlotte Longfield as Scribner's Staff

Nick Mercer as Scribner's Staff

Kim Rosenfeld as Scribner's Staff

James Wallace as Scribner's Staff

Katherine Kingsley as Purring Woman

Richard Clark as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Stella McCabe as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Christopher Oram as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Mike Vessey as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Maddie Rice as Actress

Ian Drysdale as Actor

Alistair Sanderson as Lighting Technician

Alexander Scrivens as Lighting Technician

Cassandra Nina as Woman at Bar

Pamela Okoroafor as Woman at Bar

Kenji Fenton as Band

Neville Malcolm as Band

Winston Rollins as Band

Chris Storr as Band

Frank Tontoh as Band

Jamal Crawford as Dancer

Kemi Durosinmi as Dancer

Jo Dyce as Dancer

Kevin Ketti as Dancer

Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa as Dancer

Joshua Robinson as Dancer

Andrew Byron as Grand Central Station Conductor

Jane Perry as John Hopkins Hospital Nurse

James Bierman as Funeral Minister

Trina Dillon as Effie Wolfe

Gary Thomsett as Frank Wolfe

Mark Phillimore as Frederick Wolfe