<P> Felicity Jones was cast in the lead role of Kim . Producer Pippa Cross recalled the moment that they first met, "I remember her walking into the room when we were casting and the director Phil Traill looked at me and raised his eyebrows at me and I said:' That's Kim' . It was as simple as that ." She was known to the production staff previously following a ten year stint in The Archers and the Royal Court Theatre production of That Face . Jones described her character as a "witty, spirited beast", and cited the collaborative process with Traill as the reason why she took on the role . </P> <P> Ed Westwick, best known for playing Chuck Bass in Gossip Girl, was cast as Jonny . He took the role for a change of genre, because he liked the idea of playing a "nice guy", and in order to practise his skiing . He said of the film, "It's a return to that sort of English comedy that I grew up with . It has elements of Richard Curtis and that classic English wit, which is great". </P> <P> Brooke Shields became attached to the project as Caroline, Jonny's mother, about a month before her shooting began . Shields described herself as "honored" to be working with Bill Nighy who was cast as her on--screen husband, Richard . </P> <P> Comedian Bill Bailey plays Bill, the father of Kim . He was approached by director Phil Traill who used to live nearby to Bailey and took him for a drink down the local pub and was "chuffed" to get the role . </P>

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