diff --git a/ox/web/imdb.py b/ox/web/imdb.py
index 4fb983b..5ace2ec 100644
--- a/ox/web/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/web/imdb.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
             're': [
                 ' <table class="cast_list">(.*?)</table>',
                 '<td.*?itemprop="actor".*?>.*?>(.*?)</a>.*?<td class="character">(.*?)</td>',
-                lambda ll: [strip_tags(l) for l in ll]
+                lambda ll: [strip_tags(l) for l in ll] if isinstance(ll, list) else strip_tags(ll)
             ],
             'type': 'list'
         },