Editing What Women Want (section)

==Cast==
* [[Mel Gibson]] as Nick Marshall: A Chicago advertising executive, who acquires the gift to hear what women are thinking.
** [[Logan Lerman]] as Young Nick Marshall
* [[Helen Hunt]] as Darcy Maguire: Nick's co-worker, who later becomes his love interest.
* [[Marisa Tomei]] as Lola: Works in a coffee shop and is trying to become an actress. Nick uses his ability to seduce her.
* [[Mark Feuerstein]] as Morgan Farwell, Nick’s best friend who is a protégé to him.
* [[Lauren Holly]] as Gigi: Nick's ex-wife, mother of Alex, and just married to Ted; they leave on their honeymoon in the first scenes.
* [[Ashley Johnson]] as Alex Marshall: Nick's daughter, who comes to stay with him, while her mom Gigi and stepdad Ted go on their honeymoon. She has a boyfriend named Cameron, who will "dump" her, after she declines sleeping with him right away. She at first, has a rocky relationship with her dad, but in the end reconciles with him.
* [[Judy Greer]] as Erin: A copy girl at Nick's workplace who is always ignored, had been turned down indirectly by Nick for a promotion, and is contemplating suicide.
* [[Alan Alda]] as Dan Wanamaker, Nick's boss.
* [[Delta Burke]] as Eve
* [[Valerie Perrine]] as Margo
* [[Lisa Edelstein]] as Dina
* [[Sarah Paulson]] as Annie: Nick's secretary, a job limited to running menial errands for Nick, which she sees as degrading, in light of her [[Ivy League]] education. She has a boyfriend who lives in Israel.
* [[Ana Gasteyer]] as Sue Cranston
* [[Loretta Devine]] as Flo
* [[Diana-Maria Riva]] as Stella
* [[Eric Balfour]] as Cameron: Alexandra's much older boyfriend, who is manipulative and abandons the relationship, after she tells him that she is not ready to sleep with him after the prom.
* Robert Briscoe Evans as Ted: Second husband of Gigi and stepfather of Alexandra. He leaves with Gigi at the beginning of the movie to go on their honeymoon.
* [[Alex McKenna]] as Alexandra's friend
* [[Bette Midler]] as Dr. J. M. Perkins (uncredited)