briefly tempted to buy a new purse and dress, but eventually walks away. Rebecca then runs into Luke who returns the green scarf to her, revealing that the woman who bought it was his agent. Rebecca and Luke kiss and Rebecca begins working with Luke at his new company. Cast Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon Krysten Ritter as Suze Cleath-Stuart John Goodman as Graham Bloomwood Joan Cusack as Jane Bloomwood John Lithgow as Edgar West Kristin Scott Thomas as Alette Naylor Leslie Bibb as Alicia Billington Robert Stanton as Derek Smeath Lynn Redgrave as a Drunken Lady at Party Julie Hagerty as Hayley Nick Cornish as Tarquin Cleath-Stuart Stephen Guarino as Allon Fred Armisen as Ryan Koenig Wendie Malick as Miss Korch Clea Lewis as Miss Ptaszinski John Salley as D. Freak Lennon Parham as Joyce Christine Ebersole as Morning Coffee Host Katherine Sigismund as Clare Edwards Michael Panes as Russell Kaitlin Hopkins as Event Planner Kelli Barrett as Bidder in Black/Talking Mannequin Kristen Connolly as Bidder in Pink Ilana Levine as Manhattanite Susan Blommaert as Orla Matt Servitto as Head Waiter Brandi Burkhardt as Sample Size Worker Renée Victor as Bag Lady Scott Evans as Chad Asmeret Ghebremichael as Receptionist Ptolemy Slocum as Borders Assistant #1 Jenny Powers as Borders Assistant #2 Anjali Bhimani as Girl #1 Jonathan Tisch as Fund Manager Marceline Hugot as Saleswoman Bea Miller as Shoe Store Girl #1 Peyton List as Shoe Store Girl #2 Ed Helms as Garret E. Barton Production The film adapts the two books The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Abroad which in the United States were known as Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan respectively. The film uses the novel's American title Confessions of a Shopaholic reinterpreting Rebecca as an American rather than English. According to DVD commentary, Lithgow turned down the role of Edgar West twice before accepting it. Armisen was approached for the West role after Lithgow initially turned it down, but after Lithgow changed his mind, the Ryan Koenig role was written for Armisen. Ed Helms was cast as Derek Smeath but scheduling conflicts prevented him from taking the role. He shot the Garret role in one day. Filming took place in New York, Connecticut, and Florida from February to May 2008. To change the ending to be more sympathetic to audiences during a time of recession,