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CAST · INTERSTELLAR

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

20,728

across full runtime

Named matches

13

actors identified

Close-up shots

38.4%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

5.1%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

81%

19%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 31%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Timothée Chalamet

59% non-neutral

Lead screen share

41%

13 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

5.1%

1,051 frames

Surprise

7.4%

1,532 frames

Neutral

31.4%

6,518 frames

Fear

11.6%

2,397 frames

Sad

22.0%

4,570 frames

Angry

18.2%

3,780 frames

Disgust

4.2%

880 frames

Screen time by actor

13 named · 95m tracked of 169.1m

01

Matthew McConaughey

as Cooper · 5659 scenes

39.3min · 41% of cast

angry

02

Anne Hathaway

as Brand · 1964 scenes

13.7min · 14% of cast

sad

03

Jessica Chastain

as Murph · 1173 scenes

8.2min · 9% of cast

sad

04

Mackenzie Foy

as Murph (10 Yrs.) · 1153 scenes

8.0min · 8% of cast

sad

05

Michael Caine

as Professor Brand · 810 scenes

5.6min · 6% of cast

sad

06

David Gyasi

as Romilly · 803 scenes

5.6min · 6% of cast

neutral

07

Matt Damon

as Mann · 633 scenes

4.4min · 5% of cast

angry

08

Wes Bentley

as Doyle · 528 scenes

3.7min · 4% of cast

neutral

09

John Lithgow

as Donald · 297 scenes

2.1min · 2% of cast

angry

10

Casey Affleck

as Tom · 218 scenes

1.5min · 2% of cast

neutral

11

Topher Grace

as Getty · 185 scenes

1.3min · 1% of cast

angry

12

Timothée Chalamet

as Tom (15 Yrs.) · 150 scenes

1.0min · 1% of cast

neutral

13

Ellen Burstyn

as Murph (older) · 78 scenes

0.5min · 1% of cast

happy

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Matthew McConaughey as Cooper	2,651	132.9	25.3%
Anne Hathaway as Brand	1,434	199.4	13.7%
Matt Damon as Mann	1,035	190.6	9.9%
Mackenzie Foy as Murph (10 Yrs.)	882	139.6	8.4%
Michael Caine as Professor Brand	856	177.1	8.2%
David Gyasi as Romilly	698	216.2	6.7%
Jessica Chastain as Murph	607	175.7	5.8%
Timothée Chalamet as Tom (15 Yrs.)	571	220.6	5.4%
Wes Bentley as Doyle	508	105.9	4.8%
John Lithgow as Donald	415	213.9	4.0%
Topher Grace as Getty	300	219.1	2.9%
Unidentified speakers	220	—	2.1%
Casey Affleck as Tom	190	222.6	1.8%
Ellen Burstyn as Murph (older)	115	60.1	1.1%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

C

Matthew McConaughey

AS COOPER

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

39m 20s

Scenes

5659

First seen

1:51

Last seen

163:14

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

4%

Happy

9%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

9%

Fear

17%

Sad

34%

Angry

5%

Disgust

B

Anne Hathaway

AS BRAND

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

13m 39s

Scenes

1964

First seen

25:34

Last seen

163:46

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

8%

Happy

6%

Surprise

28%

Neutral

15%

Fear

35%

Sad

3%

Angry

5%

Disgust

M

Jessica Chastain

AS MURPH

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

8m 09s

Scenes

1173

First seen

81:39

Last seen

153:14

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

12%

Happy

0%

Surprise

20%

Neutral

8%

Fear

52%

Sad

0%

Angry

7%

Disgust

M(

Mackenzie Foy

AS MURPH (10 YRS.)

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

8m 01s

Scenes

1153

First seen

1:57

Last seen

150:48

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

6%

Happy

1%

Surprise

31%

Neutral

4%

Fear

46%

Sad

8%

Angry

5%

Disgust

PB

Michael Caine

AS PROFESSOR BRAND

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

5m 38s

Scenes

810

First seen

26:43

Last seen

93:39

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

6%

Happy

11%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

1%

Fear

59%

Sad

6%

Angry

1%

Disgust

R

David Gyasi

AS ROMILLY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

5m 35s

Scenes

803

First seen

31:29

Last seen

120:25

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

1%

Happy

4%

Surprise

38%

Neutral

4%

Fear

22%

Sad

31%

Angry

1%

Disgust

M

Matt Damon

AS MANN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 24s

Scenes

633

First seen

97:08

Last seen

127:23

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

1%

Happy

3%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

2%

Fear

34%

Sad

38%

Angry

7%

Disgust

D

Wes Bentley

AS DOYLE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

3m 40s

Scenes

528

First seen

26:40

Last seen

71:48

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

2%

Happy

1%

Surprise

46%

Neutral

6%

Fear

4%

Sad

40%

Angry

2%

Disgust

D

John Lithgow

AS DONALD

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 04s

Scenes

297

First seen

3:21

Last seen

55:46

Volatility

24 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

1%

Happy

0%

Surprise

2%

Neutral

1%

Fear

15%

Sad

73%

Angry

9%

Disgust

T

Casey Affleck

AS TOM

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 31s

Scenes

218

First seen

79:43

Last seen

152:33

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

9%

Happy

0%

Surprise

50%

Neutral

8%

Fear

2%

Sad

38%

Angry

1%

Disgust

G

Topher Grace

AS GETTY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 17s

Scenes

185

First seen

91:26

Last seen

153:18

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

4%

Happy

2%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

3%

Fear

7%

Sad

57%

Angry

4%

Disgust

T(

Timothée Chalamet

AS TOM (15 YRS.)

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 02s

Scenes

150

First seen

3:32

Last seen

79:33

Volatility

42 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

10%

Happy

2%

Surprise

41%

Neutral

4%

Fear

24%

Sad

11%

Angry

8%

Disgust

M(

Ellen Burstyn

AS MURPH (OLDER)

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 32s

Scenes

78

First seen

1:18

Last seen

161:57

Volatility

12 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~6m per bucket

00:0042m84m126m169.1m

53%

Happy

0%

Surprise

0%

Neutral

3%

Fear

45%

Sad

0%

Angry

0%

Disgust

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 16 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

McConaughey 30.7%

Hathaway 11.1%

Damon 8.4%

Foy 9.7%

Caine 7.4%

Bentley 7.4%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 10 ensemble

0:0042:1784:33126:50169:06

runtime

Ellen Burstyn

1:15enter

Anne Hathaway

3:13enter

John Lithgow

3:21enter

Timothée Chalamet

3:31enter

Mackenzie Foy

3:42enter

Topher Grace

3:46enter

Matthew McConaughey

3:57enter

Wes Bentley

5:16enter

David Gyasi

9:56enter

SPEAKER 01

11:37enter

Michael Caine

12:17enter

Jessica Chastain

17:05enter

Matt Damon

22:25enter

SPEAKER 54

47:55enter

Casey Affleck

79:48enter

SPEAKER 49

123:51enter

Matthew McConaugheySPEAKER 30

Rapid exchange

30.7%

of all dialogue · 2,651 words · 19:57 spoken

WPM132.9

Turns749

Avg turn1.2s

Longest17.2s

enters at 3:57profanity 4

Anne HathawaySPEAKER 23

Rapid exchange

11.1%

of all dialogue · 1,434 words · 7:12 spoken

WPM199.4

Turns325

Avg turn1.5s

Longest18.7s

enters at 3:13profanity 2

Matt DamonSPEAKER 38

Rapid exchange

8.4%

of all dialogue · 1,035 words · 5:26 spoken

WPM190.6

Turns189

Avg turn1.7s

Longest13.2s

enters at 22:25profanity 2

Mackenzie FoySPEAKER 06

Rapid exchange

9.7%

of all dialogue · 882 words · 6:19 spoken

WPM139.6

Turns418

Avg turn1.0s

Longest6.8s

enters at 3:42profanity 5

Michael CaineSPEAKER 31

Rapid exchange

7.4%

of all dialogue · 856 words · 4:50 spoken

WPM177.1

Turns218

Avg turn1.3s

Longest14.1s

enters at 12:17profanity 0

David GyasiSPEAKER 20

Rapid exchange

5.0%

of all dialogue · 698 words · 3:14 spoken

WPM216.2

Turns184

Avg turn1.2s

Longest6.8s

enters at 9:56profanity 0

Jessica ChastainSPEAKER 00

Rapid exchange

5.3%

of all dialogue · 607 words · 3:27 spoken

WPM175.7

Turns151

Avg turn1.3s

Longest5.2s

enters at 17:05profanity 1

Timothée ChalametSPEAKER 42

Rapid exchange

4.0%

of all dialogue · 571 words · 2:35 spoken

WPM220.6

Turns167

Avg turn1.2s

Longest8.5s

enters at 3:31profanity 2

Wes BentleySPEAKER 47

Conversational

7.4%

of all dialogue · 508 words · 4:48 spoken

WPM105.9

Turns130

Avg turn1.4s

Longest10.4s

enters at 5:16profanity 0

John LithgowSPEAKER 45

Brief

3.0%

of all dialogue · 415 words · 1:56 spoken

WPM213.9

Turns97

Avg turn1.3s

Longest6.4s

enters at 3:21profanity 0

Topher GraceSPEAKER 07

Conversational

2.1%

of all dialogue · 300 words · 1:22 spoken

WPM219.1

Turns105

Avg turn1.0s

Longest5.1s

enters at 3:46profanity 1

Casey AffleckSPEAKER 09

Brief

1.3%

of all dialogue · 190 words · 0:51 spoken

WPM222.6

Turns45

Avg turn1.3s

Longest3.6s

enters at 79:48profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 01 · unmatched

Brief

1.0%

of all dialogue · 161 words · 0:37 spoken

WPM259.3

Turns11

Avg turn3.7s

Longest8.4s

enters at 11:37profanity 0

Ellen BurstynSPEAKER 02

Brief

2.9%

of all dialogue · 115 words · 1:55 spoken

WPM60.1

Turns38

Avg turn1.5s

Longest5.4s

enters at 1:15profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 54 · unmatched

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 47 words · 0:24 spoken

WPM116.7

Turns29

Avg turn0.8s

Longest2.3s

enters at 47:55profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 49 · unmatched

Brief

0.1%

of all dialogue · 12 words · 0:03 spoken

WPM233.8

Turns15

Avg turn1.1s

Longest3.7s

enters at 123:51profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 13 unique characters · 20,728 faces detected · 13 named matches · 95m screen-time tracked