The Cast of Eight Legged Freaks! DAVID ARQUETTE  
KARI WUHRER  
SCOTT TERRA  
DOUG E. DOUG  
SCARLETT JOHANSSON  

 
DAVID ARQUETTE (Chris McCormack)
Early in his career, David Arquette was involved in numerous films that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, including his starring role in Dream With The Fishes, which he also co-produced; Johns, in which he played the title character; and The Alarmist, so-starring Stanley Tucci and Kate Capshaw.

It was Arquette's role as Deputy Dewey in the Scream trilogy that brought him to prominence and earned him his first Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Audiences also took note of his comic turn in the hit Never Been Kissed, in which he starred opposite Drew Barrymore, which brought him another Blockbuster Entertainment Award.

Arquette will be seen in several films in the coming year: The Grey Zone, an intense World War II drama which premiered at the Toronto Film festival and will be released this September, A Foreign Affair and Stealing Sinatra.

Arquette's additional feature film credits include the comedy See Spot Run, Wild Bill and Ready to Rumble.



 

 
  KARI WUHRER (Sam Parker)
has found success as a singer, model and actress. A Ford model at the age of 13, Wuhrer was cast in her first feature film, Fire With Fire, when she was 17. In 1988, she appeared on MTV as a VJ and hosted the popular mock quiz show Remote Control. In between her many television and film roles, Kari attended NYU's Drama Department and studied with the famed actress/teacher Uta Hagen.

After moving to Los Angeles, she landed principal roles on the Fox Network's Class of '96, the ever-popular Beverly Hills, 90210, and Sliders, the science-fiction adventure series on which she played Maggie Beckett opposite Jerry O'Connell.

Wuhrer was seen in the thriller Anaconda opposite Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube and in Phoenix, starring with Ray Liotta and Anjelica Huston. Among her numerous feature film credits are notable roles in Stephen King's Thinner and The Crossing Guard, starring Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston.

Wuhrer recently completed production on the independent films The Medicine Show and Do It For Uncle Manny.



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SCOTT TERRA (Mike Parker)
Born and raised in Connecticut, Scott Terra became curious at the age of seven about how movies were made. Immediately knowing that he wanted to be part of them, the first thing he learned was how to send a picture and resume to agents. Soon he was represented in New York and making appearances on Guiding Light, All My Children and in numerous commercials.

Terra's feature film debut, at age 10, was Shadrach, with Harvey Keitel and Andie McDowell. His most recent feature was the family film Redemption of the Ghost starring John Savage and Dianne Ladd. He has also appeared in the movies-of-the-week Motocrossed, Ground Zero, The Perfect Nanny, Sons of Mistletoe with Roma Downey, and Going Home, which starred Jason Robards and Clint Black. Scott also has a recurring role as Bert Miller on the television drama, 7th Heaven.

Terra will be seen next year in Daredevil, an action adventure which stars Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan and Ben Affleck as Matt Murdoch, whom Terra portrays at age 12.



 

 
  DOUG E. DOUG (Harlan)
The hilariously animated Doug E. Doug is most familiar to movie viewers for his starring role as the spirited pushcart operator turned bobsled racer in the feature film Cool Runnings. His additional film credits include Hangin' with the Homeboys, Class Act, Operation Dumbo Drop and That Darn Cat.

Doug's film debut came in l990 when he earned his Screen Actors Guild card by speaking one line in Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues. The following year, he appeared in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever.

On television, Doug starred in the ABC series Where I Live, a show developed around his life, for which he also served as co-producer. In the series, he portrayed Douglas Saint Martin, a quirky teenager growing up in a working-class Caribbean family in New York. He also co-hosted the VH-1 Rock of Ages, and recently spent four seasons starring as Griffin in the television series Cosby. Doug made his debut as a director/producer with Citizen James, a film for which he also co-wrote and starred.

Doug began his entertainment career as a stand-up comic at age the age of 17. His first break came when he was seen performing at the Apollo Theatre.



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Scarlett Johansson (Ashley Parker)
attained worldwide recognition for her performance as Grace MacLean, the teen traumatized in a riding accident in Robert Redford's hit feature The Horse Whisperer, a role for which she won a YoungStar award and was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Johansson had gained previous acclaim and an Independent Spirit nomination for her breakthrough starring role in Manny & Lo. She has most recently been spotlighted for her performances in the acclaimed films Ghost World, An American Rhapsody and the Coen Brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There.

The New York native made her professional acting debut at age eight in the Off-Broadway production of Sophistry opposite Ethan Hawke, at New York's Playwrights Horizons.

Johansson's additional credits include Rob Reiner's comedy North, the role of Sean Connery's daughter in Just Cause, as well as notable appearances in If Lucy Fell and Home Alone 3. She is currently lensing Brian Robbins' The Perfect Score for Paramount Pictures.