'Get Over It' Cast: Where Are They Now?
'Get Over It' Cast: Where Are They Now? Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster and More
Get Over It may not have been a critical or commercial success when it was released in 2001, but thanks to a cast full of future stars, it has become a beloved cult classic for '90s kids everywhere.Very loosely based on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the rom-com centers on Berke Landers (Ben Foster), an incredibly average high schooler whose world is shattered when his girlfriend Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) dumps him. After she moves on with exchange student and former boy band star Striker (Shane West), Berke joins the school's musical in an attempt to win her back. With the help of his best friends Felix (Colin Hanks) and Dennis (Sisquó) — and Felix's younger sister, Kelly (Kirsten Dunst) — Berke does his best to get over the breakup and prove his love to Allison once and for all.The film also stars Martin Short as Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates, a frustrated composer and songwriter who is desperate to get someone to appreciate his genius, and includes cameos from Vitamin CCarmen Electra.Keep scrolling to see how the cast of Get Over It has changed on their road to A-List fame:
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Kirsten Dunst
Dunst was cast as girl-next-door love interest Kelly Woods shortly after starring in the iconic cheerleading film Bring It On . She followed it up with 2002's Spider-Man, opposite Tobey Maguire , and its two sequels in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Dunst starred in Sofia Coppola 's Marie Antoinette in 2006, worked with Lars von Trier on 2011's Melancholia and worked with writer-director Leslye Hedland on the anti-rom-com Bachelorette. In 2015, she starred as Peggy Blumquist in the second season of the FX anthology Fargo before returning to TV in 2019 for On Becoming a God in Central Florida. In 2022, the New Jersey native earned her first Oscar nomination for her performance in The Power of the Dog.
She met fiancé Jesse Plemons on the set of Fargo and the couple got engaged in 2017. They welcomed son Ennis in May 2018 and a second baby boy in May 2021. Plemons was also Oscar nominated for his work in The Power of the Dog, which they starred in together.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Ben Foster
After playing loveable loser Berke Landers, Foster went on to play Russell Corwin in the HBO series Six Feet Under. Over the years, he's starred in everything from X-Men: The Last Stand and Alpha Dogs to 3:10 to Yuma and Lone Survivor. In February 2013, Foster replaced Shia LaBeouf in the Broadway show Orphans after the Even Stevens star left during rehearsals due to an alleged conflict with costar Alec Baldwin . He was nominated for a Critic's Choice Award and an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Hell or High Water in 2016 and is slated to star in Hustle opposite Adam SandlerQueen Latifah . He will also join Will Smith in Empancipation.
In 2012, Foster began dating Robin Wright and the pair got engaged two years later. Though the duo called it quits in November 2014, they reconciled in early 2015 before ending their engagement for good in August 2015. In October 2016, he announced his engagement to That 70's Show alum Laura Prepon . They welcomed a daughter in August 2017 and tied the knot in June 2018. Prepon gave birth to their second child, a boy, in February 2020. Foster filed for divorce from Prepon in 2024.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Mila Kunis
When she played Kelly's best friend Basin in Get Over It, Kunis was already starring on both That 70's Show and Family Guy. After the Fox series ended in 2006, she made the transition to film, scoring her breakthrough role in 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She followed that up with appearances in Max Payne, Extract and The Book of Eli before landing one of the leading roles in 2010's Black Swan, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination. The following year, she starred in the rom-com Friends With Benefits. In 2012, she played Mark Wahlberg 's love interest in Ted. Kunis has also appeared in Oz the Great and Powerful, Jupiter Ascending and both Bad Moms movies. She is the executive producer and star of Netflix's Luckiest Girl Alive .
Kunis began dating Macaulay Culkin in 2002, and the pair dated quietly for almost a decade before calling it quits in January 2011. She began dating her That 70's Show costar Ashton Kutcher in April 2012, getting engaged two years later. Kunis gave birth to their daughter, Wyatt, in October 2014. The couple tied the knot in July 2015 and welcomed son Dimitri in November 2016.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Sisquó — born Mark Althavan Andrews — took on the role of Berke's buddy Dennis two years after he released the hit single "Thong Song," which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. His next single, "Incomplete," went to No. 1. He hosted the dance competition Sisqós Shakedown on MTV before filming Get Over It and 2002's Snow Dogs. He released his second album, Return of the Dragon, in June 2001, which eventually went platinum, and reunited with his rap group Dru Hill in 2002. Sisquó has appeared on several reality shows in the years that followed, including Gone Country in 2008 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2010. He released his third album in 2010 and continued to tour both as a solo act and as a member of Dru Hill through the 2010s. Sisquó competed on American Song Contest in 2022, representing Maryland.
Sisquo welcomed a daughter, Shaione Andrews, in 1995. He married wife Elizabeth Pham in 2018.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Shane West
West stole hearts with his good looks (and faux British accent) in Get Over It, which marked the beginning of his reign as one of the biggest teen heartthrobs of the decade. In addition to 2000's Whatever It Takes, West is best known for starring as Landon Carter in 2002's A Walk to Remember . In 2004, he joined ER in its 11th season as Ray Barnett and left after the end of season 13. He returned for several episodes during the show's 15th and final season. In 2010, he was cast in the CW spy series Nikita, which he starred in for three seasons. In 2014, he joined the WGN America series Salem and was cast as Eduoardo Dorrance in the final season of Gotham in 2017.
West was the lead singer of the pop punk band Johnny Was for several years early in his career before being asked to tour with legendary punk band The Germs in 2005. His final show with the band was in 2009. In 2015, he formed the Twilight Creeps and the band released their first album one year later. Their second album was released in February 2019.
Credit: Shutterstock;Melissa Sagemiller
The Washington, D.C. native made her acting debut as queen bee Allison before starring in the 2001 horror flick Soul Survivors and the cheesy teen comedy Sorority Boys in 2002. Three years later, she was cast on the Showtime drama Sleeper Cell. Sagemiller joined the legal drama Raising the Bar in 2008 and joined Law & Order: SVU as A.D.A. Gillian Hardwicke in 2010. She's also appeared on Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.
Sagemiller got engaged to actor Alex Nesic in 2006, and the couple share two children. In October 2017, Sagemiller alleged that she was sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein while making Get Over It, which was distributed by Miramax. "I was definitely talking about it when we would go out with the cast because I was trying to warn the other girls, and I was trying to be tough about it and make a joke about it," she told the Huffington Post at the time. "I will definitely say that the whole atmosphere with my agents there at the time, and with everyone in the business, ... was like, 'Don't cause any trouble. Don't say anything. You're not going to be that girl because it will definitely hurt your career.'" Weinstein has never responded to the accusations.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Martin Short
By the time Short took on the role of the under appreciated "genius" Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates, he was already a legend in the comedy scene thanks to his runs on both SCTV and Saturday Night Live. In the years following Get Over It, he did voiceover work in films like The Spiderwick Chronicles, Frankenweenie, The Addams Family and The Whilloughbys. From 2001 until 2003, he brought his SNL character Jiminy Glick to the small screen in Primetime Glick. He's made cameos on TV shows of various genres over the years, from Weeds to How I Met Your Mother to The Morning Show. In 2014, he played Lou Cannon on John Mulaney 's short-lived sitcom, Mulaney, and hosted the Maya & Marty variety series with Maya Rudolph in 2016. He began starring opposite Steve MartinSelena Gomez on the Hulu mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building in 2021.
Short met Canadian actress Nancy Dolman in 1972, when they both performed in a production of Godspell. They tied the knot in 1980, and Dolman stepped back from show business in 1995 to raise their three children: Katherine, Oliver and Henry. She died of ovarian cancer in August 2010.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Colin Hanks
The Eldest son of actor Tom Hanks , Colin began acting in 1999 when he was cast in Roswell. After appearing in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, he landed the lead role of Shaun Brumder in 2002's Orange County and later starred in King Kong and The House Bunny. He's made appearances in shows like Mad Men, Dexter and Happy Endings, in which he played a parody of himself. In 2010, Colin starred in the The Good Guys alongside Bradley Whitford . Four years later, he was cast as Officer Gus Grimly in the first season of FX's Fargo. In 2017 and 2019, respectively, he played an adult Alex Vreeke in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level.
Colin married New York publicist Samantha Bryant in May 2010, and the pair welcomed two daughters in 2011 and 2013.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)Zoe Saldana
After making her film debut in 2000's Center Stage, the New York native played Allison's BFF Maggie in Get Over It in 2001 and starred opposite Britney Spears in Crossroads one year later. After working on Drumline, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Guess Who, Saldana landed two major roles in 2009: Nyota Uhura in Star Trek and Neytiri in Avatar. She reprised her roles in for both franchises and joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2014 as Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy. In 2016, she appeared in the controversial Nina Simone biopic Nina, a gig she apologized for taking in August 2020. She will return for Avatar: The Way of Water , which will be released in December 2022.
Saldana began dating artist Marco Perego in March 2013 and the duo got married just three months later. They welcomed twin boys in November 2014, as well as a third son in February 2017.
Credit: Shutterstock (2)The "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper makes a small — but memorable — cameo in Get Over It. He released his fourth album, Coolio.com, in 2001 and followed that up with 2003's El Cool Magnifico, 2006's The Return of the Gangsta, 2008's Steal Hear, 2009's From the Bottom 2 the Top and 2017's Long Live the Thief. In 2009, Coolio was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother. He competed on Ultimate Big Brother one year later. The California native came in second place on the Food Network series Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off in 2012 and performed on ABC's Greatest Hits in 2016.
In September 2016, Coolio was arrested for attempting to pass through security in LAX with a loaded firearm in his bag. He was placed on a 3-year probation and ordered to serve 45 days of community service. The following year, he was denied entry into Singapore upon landing at Changi International Airport.
