cast
n. countablen. the group of actors who perform in a play, movie, or show. When you talk about the cast, you're talking about all the performers together.
n. the group of actors selected to perform in a film, play, or other production. It functions as a collective noun.
The cast of the new movie is excellent.
The director praised the entire cast for their hard work during the long rehearsal period.
Despite the film's mixed reviews, critics were unanimous in their praise for the ensemble cast, whose chemistry elevated an otherwise conventional script.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp. The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.
As a collective noun, 'cast' can take a singular verb (when viewed as a unit) or a plural verb (when referring to the individual members).