Up in the Air

In Up in the Air (2009), Clooney appeared as a consultant who specializes in firing people, and he portrayed an assassin on assignment in Italy in the thriller The American (2010). He moved behind the camera again for the tense political drama The Ides of March…

…role in the 2010 film Up in the Air, which starred George Clooney. In the film Kendrick portrayed Natalie Keener, an ambitious young businesswoman who takes a job with a company that specializes in corporate downsizing. The film showcased Kendrick’s dramatic chops, introduced her to more mature audiences, and earned…

…again worked with Reitman in Up in the Air (2009; starring George Clooney), Labor Day (2013), and Men, Women & Children (2014), and it was Reitman who suggested Simmons to Chazelle for the part of Terence Fletcher in Whiplash. In addition to the Oscar, Simmons earned a BAFTA Award and…