Starring •
Alicia Vikander as Mira Harberg, a Swedish-born American actress keen to change the direction of her career and shake off a recent tabloid scandal. • Vikander also portrays
Musidora during flashback scenes. •
Vincent Macaigne as René Vidal, the director of the television series whose history of
anxiety disorders, incoherent artistic vision, and constant clashes with the cast, crew and producers all threaten to derail the project. • Macaigne also portrays
Louis Feuillade during flashback scenes.
Recurring co-stars •
Adria Arjona as Laurie, Mira's ex-assistant and ex-girlfriend. After things did not end well with Mira, she married Herman. •
Byron Bowers as Herman Ray, a Hollywood filmmaker who is in Paris to promote his latest film •
Jeanne Balibar as Zoe, a costume designer. She supplies drugs to Gottfried and is attracted to Mira. •
Vincent Lacoste as Edmond Lagrange, a French actor hired to play Philippe Guérande •
Nora Hamzawi as Carla, assistant director. • Hamzawi also portrays Feuillade's assistant during flashback scenes. •
Hippolyte Girardot as Robert Danjou, a French actor hired to play the Grand Vampire. • Girardot also portrays Jean Ayme during a flashback scene in the fifth episode. • Devon Ross as Regina, a cinephile and Mira's assistant •
Alex Descas as Grégory Desormeaux, a producer. Descas is reprising his role from the
1996 movie. •
Antoine Reinartz as Jérémie, a camera operator •
Carrie Brownstein as Zelda, Mira's agent. She is not interested in the
Vampires project and does not accept that Mira is uninterested in playing the girlfriend in the upcoming "
Silver Surfer" movie, despite Mira's repeated refusal of the role. •
Lars Eidinger as Gottfried, a drug-addicted German actor hired to play Juan-José Moréno. • Eidinger also portrays
Fernand Herrmann during a flashback scene in the sixth episode. •
Tom Sturridge as Eamonn, Mira's ex-boyfriend. He's in Paris for a movie, and they have not seen each other since they broke up. •
Fala Chen as Cynthia Keng, a rising star from Hong Kong hired by René Vidal to play Irma Vep's provocative accomplice and part of the Vampires' plans. •
Pascal Greggory as Gautier Parcheminerie, a man who is financing the series so that Mira agrees to work on a campaign for his cosmetics brand •
Dominique Reymond as René's therapist • Dancer
Angelin Preljocaj as choreographer Volodia.
Other co-stars • Sigrid Bouaziz as Séverine, a French actress hired to play Marfa Koutiloff, and Edmond's ex-girlfriend •
Vivian Wu as Jade Lee, René's ex-wife who played Irma Vep in its previous remake. Archival footage of
Maggie Cheung from the
1996 movie is used when Jade appears as Irma. • Lou Lampros as Galatée, an aspiring actress hired to play Jeanne Brémontier. • Lampros also portrays
Louise Lagrange during a flashback scene in the eighth episode. Additionally,
Valérie Bonneton portrays Mira's French PR, Élizabeth Mazev appears as
Musidora in an interview from 1947, while Jean-Luc Vincent portrays the host.
Denis Podalydès appears as the Police Prefect during a flashback scene, Maya Persaud plays Sandra, a member of the production, and
Jérôme Commandeur portrays Angus, a production executive. Alexandre Steiger plays Jules, an actor portraying Mazamette, while Stefan Bohne appears as Thor, a bondage consultant on the series, Mélodie Richard as Aurélia, an actress portraying Augustine, and
Maud Wyler as Rebekah, an actress portraying Mme D'Alba. Also appearing are
Nathalie Richard as Ondine, Calypso Valois as Edmond's Girlfriend,
Maya Sansa as Grégory's wife,
Jess Liaudin as the actor portraying Satanas, Bertrand Pazos as
Sacha Guitry, and Laurent Papot as
Albert Willemetz. French comic Panayotis Pascot
cameo as a young executive, and Aude Pépin as the voice of René's wife.
Kristen Stewart appears in the eighth episode as Lianna, a famous pop star and Eamonn's girlfriend who recently suffered a miscarriage. ==Episodes==