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Among the guests are Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam), a film star and composer; Morris Weisman (Bob Balaban), a Hollywood movie producer researching upper class foibles for his next picture, Charlie Chan in London; his valet Henry (Ryan Phillippe); Lady Sylvia's snobbish aunt Constance (Maggie Smith); Lady Sylvia's younger sister Louisa (Geraldine Somerville) and her uppity husband Raymond (Charles Dance); and Lieutenant Commander Anthony Meredith (Tom Hollander), who is pressing Sir William to work with him on a financial deal.
Head housekeeper Mrs. Wilson (Helen Mirren, "Greenfingers") explains to visiting American valet Henry Denton (Ryan Phillipe, "The Way of the Gun") that he will be referred to by the other servants with the name of his employer, Mr. Weissman (Bob Balaban, "The Majestic"), a film producer researching country house parties for his upcoming "Charlie Chan in London."
The lord and lady's weekend guests include Constance (Maggie Smith), a penniless countess who's rich in wit; Lt. Commander Anthony Meredith (Tom Hollander) and his wife (Natasha Wightman), broke and anxious; matinee idol Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam); American movie producer Morris Weissman (Bob Balaban), who is using the occasion as an opportunity to do research for his upcoming "Charlie Chan in London"; and unemployed blackmailer Freddie Nesbitt (James Wilby), who has some dirt on the McCordle's daughter Isobel (Camilla Rutherford).