La La Land (2016) Cast & Characters — QuantCinema

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CAST · LA LA LAND

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

31,292

across full runtime

Named matches

13

actors identified

Close-up shots

0.5%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

13.1%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

59%

41%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 40%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

J.K. Simmons

48% non-neutral

Lead screen share

49%

13 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

13.1%

4,112 frames

Surprise

2.6%

806 frames

Neutral

39.8%

12,440 frames

Fear

21.6%

6,764 frames

Sad

11.7%

3,659 frames

Angry

6.3%

1,958 frames

Disgust

5.0%

1,553 frames

Screen time by actor

13 named · 89m tracked of 127.8m

01

Emma Stone

as Mia · 6260 scenes

43.5min · 49% of cast

sad

02

Ryan Gosling

as Sebastian · 5353 scenes

37.2min · 42% of cast

neutral

03

John Legend

as Keith · 303 scenes

2.1min · 2% of cast

neutral

04

Tom Everett Scott

as David · 208 scenes

1.4min · 2% of cast

neutral

05

Callie Hernandez

as Tracy · 197 scenes

1.4min · 2% of cast

neutral

06

Rosemarie DeWitt

as Laura · 139 scenes

1.0min · 1% of cast

sad

07

J.K. Simmons

as Bill · 99 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

neutral

08

Jessica Rothe

as Alexis · 79 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

happy

09

Finn Wittrock

as Greg · 61 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

neutral

10

Sonoya Mizuno

as Caitlin · 60 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

neutral

11

Terry Walters

as Linda (Coffee Shop Manager) · 45 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

happy

12

Josh Pence

as Josh · 39 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

happy

13

Amiée Conn

as Famous Actress · 2 scenes

0.0min · 0% 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
Ryan Gosling as Sebastian	2,324	142.8	41.2%
Emma Stone as Mia	1,865	111.3	33.1%
Finn Wittrock as Greg	415	137.8	7.4%
Callie Hernandez as Tracy	322	36.2	5.7%
John Legend as Keith	315	105.3	5.6%
Terry Walters as Linda (Coffee Shop Manager)	160	77	2.8%
Rosemarie DeWitt as Laura	153	241.3	2.7%
J.K. Simmons as Bill	68	325.6	1.2%
Unidentified speakers	12	—	0.2%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

M

Emma Stone

AS MIA

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

43m 31s

Scenes

6260

First seen

5:34

Last seen

119:33

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

25%

Happy

1%

Surprise

22%

Neutral

8%

Fear

30%

Sad

5%

Angry

9%

Disgust

S

Ryan Gosling

AS SEBASTIAN

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

37m 13s

Scenes

5353

First seen

5:17

Last seen

119:48

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

7%

Happy

2%

Surprise

41%

Neutral

5%

Fear

14%

Sad

20%

Angry

12%

Disgust

K

John Legend

AS KEITH

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 07s

Scenes

303

First seen

62:28

Last seen

112:22

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

14%

Happy

8%

Surprise

62%

Neutral

3%

Fear

9%

Sad

2%

Angry

3%

Disgust

D

Tom Everett Scott

AS DAVID

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 27s

Scenes

208

First seen

105:33

Last seen

118:58

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

14%

Happy

1%

Surprise

38%

Neutral

18%

Fear

14%

Sad

2%

Angry

14%

Disgust

T

Callie Hernandez

AS TRACY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 22s

Scenes

197

First seen

9:35

Last seen

87:57

Volatility

43 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

18%

Happy

11%

Surprise

34%

Neutral

1%

Fear

13%

Sad

13%

Angry

11%

Disgust

L

Rosemarie DeWitt

AS LAURA

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 58s

Scenes

139

First seen

18:29

Last seen

106:07

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

22%

Happy

9%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

6%

Fear

35%

Sad

5%

Angry

1%

Disgust

B

J.K. Simmons

AS BILL

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 41s

Scenes

99

First seen

21:07

Last seen

112:09

Volatility

48 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

16%

Happy

1%

Surprise

53%

Neutral

8%

Fear

7%

Sad

15%

Angry

0%

Disgust

A

Jessica Rothe

AS ALEXIS

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 33s

Scenes

79

First seen

9:45

Last seen

87:57

Volatility

46 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0031m63m95m127.8m

34%

Happy

10%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

3%

Fear

14%

Sad

13%

Angry

4%

Disgust

G

Finn Wittrock

AS GREG

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 25s

Scenes

61

First seen

49:34

Last seen

52:06

Too few detections for emotion analysis

C

Sonoya Mizuno

AS CAITLIN

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 25s

Scenes

60

First seen

9:56

Last seen

112:33

Too few detections for emotion analysis

L(

Terry Walters

AS LINDA (COFFEE SHOP MANAGER)

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 19s

Scenes

45

First seen

6:10

Last seen

70:53

Too few detections for emotion analysis

J

Josh Pence

AS JOSH

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 16s

Scenes

39

First seen

50:28

Last seen

52:06

Too few detections for emotion analysis

FA

Amiée Conn

AS FAMOUS ACTRESS

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 01s

Scenes

2

First seen

6:16

Last seen

6:17

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 10 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Gosling 32.0%

Stone 32.9%

Hernandez 17.5%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 4 ensemble

0:0031:5763:5495:51127:48

runtime

Emma Stone

5:39enter

Terry Walters

5:47enter

Finn Wittrock

7:53enter

Callie Hernandez

9:36enter

Rosemarie DeWitt

18:19enter

Ryan Gosling

18:22enter

J.K. Simmons

21:20enter

SPEAKER 17

28:30enter

SPEAKER 20

40:41enter

John Legend

49:58enter

Ryan GoslingSPEAKER 22

Rapid exchange

32.0%

of all dialogue · 2,324 words · 16:16 spoken

WPM142.8

Turns458

Avg turn1.5s

Longest25.5s

enters at 18:22profanity 5

Emma StoneSPEAKER 09

Rapid exchange

32.9%

of all dialogue · 1,865 words · 16:45 spoken

WPM111.3

Turns543

Avg turn1.5s

Longest19.1s

enters at 5:39profanity 2

Finn WittrockSPEAKER 30

Brief

5.9%

of all dialogue · 415 words · 3:01 spoken

WPM137.8

Turns90

Avg turn1.5s

Longest27.2s

enters at 7:53profanity 0

Callie HernandezSPEAKER 03

Rapid exchange

17.5%

of all dialogue · 322 words · 8:53 spoken

WPM36.2

Turns185

Avg turn1.3s

Longest12.9s

enters at 9:36profanity 0

John LegendSPEAKER 14

Brief

5.9%

of all dialogue · 315 words · 2:59 spoken

WPM105.3

Turns92

Avg turn1.9s

Longest12.9s

enters at 49:58profanity 1

Terry WaltersSPEAKER 10

Brief

4.1%

of all dialogue · 160 words · 2:05 spoken

WPM77

Turns82

Avg turn1.3s

Longest12.5s

enters at 5:47profanity 0

Rosemarie DeWittSPEAKER 25

Brief

1.2%

of all dialogue · 153 words · 0:38 spoken

WPM241.3

Turns31

Avg turn1.5s

Longest8.1s

enters at 18:19profanity 0

J.K. SimmonsSPEAKER 13

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 68 words · 0:13 spoken

WPM325.6

Turns19

Avg turn0.9s

Longest4.7s

enters at 21:20profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 17 · unmatched

Brief

0.0%

of all dialogue · 6 words · 0:01 spoken

WPM253.5

Turns4

Avg turn2.0s

Longest4.3s

enters at 28:30profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 20 · unmatched

Brief

0.1%

of all dialogue · 6 words · 0:02 spoken

WPM222.2

Turns26

Avg turn1.5s

Longest7.4s

enters at 40:41profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 13 unique characters · 31,292 faces detected · 13 named matches · 89m screen-time tracked