Traveling to a new place can be scary: new surroundings, new languages, new faces. In A Tourist’s Guide to Love, Rachael Leigh Cook’s Amanda is in exactly that position, heading to Vietnam on an Undercover Boss–style mission to decide whether her travel agency should purchase a smaller Vietnamese outpost. Of course, once she’s there, she finds herself swept away by the country’s beauty — and by the beauty of tour guide Sinh (Scott Ly).

It’s a story based in part on screenwriter Eirene Tran Donohue’s real-life experiences. “This idea was based off of the time in my life when, right after college, my safe stable boyfriend unexpectedly broke up with me right as I was about to leave for a five-week trip to Vietnam,” Donohue tells Tudum. “While I was in Vietnam I realized that that relationship, which was a good one, wasn't actually the best fit for me.” In the film, everything is upended when Amanda’s ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, forcing her to choose between her old and new lives. But she won’t be alone: There are plenty of new and old friends to help her on the way. Read on for a tourist’s guide to these tourists in love.

Amanda (Rachael Leigh Cook) explores Vietnam. 

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Rachael Leigh Cook

Who she plays: Amanda Riley, the American transplant who finds herself in a international love triangle
What to know: Cook burst onto the scene in peppy teen faves like She’s All That and Josie and the Pussycats.
Where you’ve seen her: The Baby-Sitters Club, Love, Guaranteed, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 11:14, He’s All That
What she has to say: “The thing that I identify with the most from her is how the movie starts. I've experienced too many breakups in my own life. I just know that it's a topic that all too many of us are forced to reckon with whether we like it or not, and nobody wants to start over.”
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Sinh (Scott Ly) lounges.

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Scott Ly

Who he plays: Sinh, Amanda’s tour guide — and maybe something more?
What to know: This is Ly’s first major film role, after years on television. You can watch his audition tape for the film here.
Where you’ve seen him: Criminal Minds, The Young and the Restless, Animal Kingdom, FBI: Most Wanted
What he has to say: “Man, how would I describe [Vietnam]? It's this golden set. It's right out of a movie. If you're walking there in the middle of the night and all the lights are on and all the people are out, you're in a whole other world, and you're taking in the environment, and it feels so warm.”
Where to follow: Instagram

John (Ben Feldman) on the move.

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Ben Feldman

Who he plays: John, Amanda’s boyfriend of five years — until he moves to Ohio
What to know: Feldman is a fixture in hit TV comedies like Superstore and Silicon Valley.
Where you’ve seen him: Cloverfield, Friday the 13th, Mad Men, The Mindy Project
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Mona (Missi Pyle) takes a call.

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Missi Pyle

Who she plays: Mona, Amanda’s business partner and longtime pal
What to know: Pyle and fellow actor Shawnee Smith once moonlighted as a country rock duo, Smith & Pyle. 
Where you’ve seen her: Galaxy Quest, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dirty John, The Mentalist, Gone Girl, Along Came Polly
Where to follow: Twitter and Instagram

Watch Pyle and Cook reunite for the first time since starring in 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats together in the scene below:

The First 5 Minutes of A Tourist’s Guide to Love

Anh (Quinn Trúc Trần) takes a ride.

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Quinn Trúc Trần

Who she plays: Anh, Sinh’s cousin and tour guide co-host
What to know: Trần is a Vietnamese-Australian actor; A Tourist’s Guide to Love is her second project.
Where you’ve seen her: My Mr. Wife
Where to follow: Instagram and TikTok

Morgan Dudley as Robin (left) in A Tourist’s Guide to Love.

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Morgan Dudley

Who she plays: Robin
What to know: Dudley made her film debut as a dancer in 2020’s The Prom.
Where you’ve seen her: The Prom, Henry Danger, Jagged Little Pill on Broadway
Where to follow: Instagram

Andrew Barth Feldman as Alex in A Tourist's Guide to Love.

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Andrew Barth Feldman

Who he plays: Alex
What to know: Feldman (no relation to Ben) took on the role of Evan Hansen in the hit stage show Dear Evan Hansen when he was only 16 years old.
Where you’ve seen him: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
Where to follow: Instagram

Nsưt Lê Thiện as Ba Noi in A Tourist's Guide to Love.

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Nsưt Lê Thiện

Who she plays: Ba Noi, Sinh and Anh’s grandmother
What to know: Lê Thiện is a Vietnamese star who provides a great deal of the film’s comic relief. 
Where you’ve seen her: Goodbye Mother, Until You, The Emperor’s Gift, Blood Moon Party, Kumanthong

Jacqueline Correa as Sam Gonville (right) in A Tourist’s Guide to Love.

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Jacqueline Correa

Who she plays: Sam Gonville
What to know: Correa has worked in regional theater throughout the country for years, including in productions of Macbeth, Peter Pan and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. 
Where to follow: Instagram

Nondumiso Tembe as Dom Fisher (left) in A Tourist’s Guide to Love.

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Nondumiso Tembe

Who she plays: Dom Fisher
What to know: Tembe is a South African actor who’s also worked as a singer, songwriter and dancer; she’s even provided her voice in a World of Warcraft video game.
Where you’ve seen her: True Blood, NCIS: Los Angeles, Castle, Six
Where to follow: Instagram

Alexa Povah and Glynn Sweet as Maya and Brian Conway in A Tourist's Guide to Love.

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Glynn Sweet and Alexa Povah

Who they play: Brian and Maya Conway
What to know: The co-stars are a real-life couple.
Where you’ve seen them: Sweet in The Bill, London’s Burning, Rosamunde Pilcher; Povah in The King’s Man, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Rocketman
Where to follow: Povah and Sweet are both on Instagram