tells her friend Kelly and soon afterwards the news spreads throughout the park. Em quits and moves back to New York. James gets drunk, crashes his father's car into their neighbor's tree, and passes out. The next morning, James' prospective grad school roommate decides to go to Harvard Business School instead, leaving him with nowhere to live in New York. James heads to New York City and waits outside Em's apartment in the rain. When she arrives, she invites him in and they reconcile. Cast Jesse Eisenberg as James Brennan, a recent graduate of Oberlin College who majored in Comparative Literature and Renaissance Studies. He is an aspiring journalist who has to get a summer job so he can afford to go to Columbia University in New York. The only job he can get is in the games at the Adventureland theme park. He is a virgin and occasional marijuana smoker. Throughout his summer working in Adventureland, Brennan develops a relationship with Em, whom he soon begins dating. Kristen Stewart as Em Lewin, one of James' Adventureland co-workers and love interest. She has a troubled home life; she hates her stepmother and resents her father for remarrying so soon after her mother's death from cancer. She is a student at New York University majoring in Art History. She does not need to work, as her father is a rich lawyer, but she works in the games at the theme park to get out of the house. She is secretly having an affair with the park's maintenance man, Mike Connell, but eventually calls it off, and quits Adventureland after her affair becomes public knowledge. She later falls in love with James and begins a romantic relationship with him in New York. Martin Starr as Joel, one of James' co-workers at the games in Adventureland and James' friend in the summer. He is a college student studying Russian Literature and Slavic Languages, a degree which he claims will get him a job as a "cabbie, hot dog vendor," or "marijuana delivery guy." He eventually quits the park after being attacked by a disgruntled customer and leaves Pittsburgh to head for an undisclosed location. He enjoys smoking a pipe, although he calls it a "revolting affectation." Kristen Wiig as Paulette, Bobby's wife and manager of Adventureland. She is much quieter than her husband. Bill Hader as Bobby, the assistant manager of Adventureland. He