Taika Waititi assembled much of the cast from previous projects he had worked on. Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson all appeared in Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Utkarsh Ambudkar and Ryan Reynolds appeared in Free Guy (2021). Roman Griffin Davis and Archie Yates appeared in Jojo Rabbit (2019).
Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o, Eddie Redmayne, Meryl Streep, and Taika Waititi are all Oscar winners. Benedict Cumberbatch, Cynthia Erivo, and Kumail Nanjiani are all Oscar nominees.