Sentences with phrase «actor establishes their character»

As the actor establishes their character — the beginning Winslow Boy is sort of a rapid, pre-Christmas ground situation exposition dump; Mamet keeps it moving through dialogue speed, repetition, Barbara Tulliver's editing, and especially Benoît Delhomme's photography.

Not exact matches

Genuine actors operate within a framework established by the imitative nature of film ¯ hence a good person can portray a bad one, or act out bad actions, without it being a reflection of his or her character.

Born in Fayetteville, GA (a suburb of Atlanta), actor Gary Anthony Williams attended Clayton State College and went on to establish himself as one of the most - sought after character players of the 2000s, maintaining his most frequent presence on television.

These characters [Professor Xavier and Magneto] were established in the comic books but also in the movies by two other actors and my questions is, did you look at the actors or did you base your performance on the comic book?

This was the movie that established Voight's career, and proved that Hoffman, after the triumph of «The Graduate,» had many more notes inside of him — and was destined to become one of the great character actors of his time.

But it's a different collaborative thing for the studio to listen to the requests of its long - established actors as to new directions to take their characters.

Let's hope he doesn't screw up portraying the younger version of an established character like a certain actor might have, cough * Hayden Christensen * cough.

The African American actor who played Dr. Kananga / Mr Big in «Live and Let Die,» believes «James Bond was established by Ian Fleming as a white character,» and should be «played by white actors»

Playing a broad spectrum of characters, the actors range from the untrained to established professionals, all of them precisely suited to their particular roles.

In the past decade, Waltz has established himself as a great character actor and one that could serve as one of Bond's best foils.

They establish a round of co-workers — played by a group of fine character actors — that seem like real people, the same characters that might work in any office, and they establish the space of the office itself.

The characters are beautifully established and the actors behind them are pitch perfect.

Perhaps this is intended to establish each of the characters as having strong personalities; or perhaps it's just a good way to satisfy the actors» egos.

Aiyaary movie review: Even though the movie puts together an impressive ensemble cast comprising some of our best actors, it takes a lot of time to establish their characters.

But that would be a shame: Not only is established young German actor Frederick Lau a terrific foil, but Spanish actress Laia Costa gives a tremendously nuanced and sympathetic performance as the title character.

McNairy is slowly but surely establishing himself as one of contemporary film's most watchable character actors (he'll soon be seen in Steve McQueen «s buzzed - about «12 Years a Slave»), and the surprise scene - stealer here is Pais, one of those journeyman That - Guy actors whose face you know and name you probably don't.

Mamet and his actors deliberately establish their characters, with Mamet moving the narrative focus among them for best result.

Anyway, Michelle Yeoh plays a cop (named Michelle of course, one of my favorite little things about Hong Kong cinema is how often character names are simply the actors» names: it helps establish stars and no one has to waste precious screenwriting minutes coming up with fake names for the characters) who with the help of an air marshal (Michael Wong) and a retiring Japanese cop (Hiroyuki Sanada, who has been in a lot of things, including Lost, Sunshine, Speed Racer and the latest Wolverine movie) foil an airplane hijacking.

Just two projects into his filmmaking career, writer - director - actor Tom McCarthy is already establishing himself as the best friend of the veteran character actor.

This goofy take on NASCAR and southern culture also established John C. Reilly as a comedic force of nature, back in the era when he was known primarily as a dramatic character actor.

The burden was on him to make us believe that he would turn into the already established character created by another actor, and he joins the pantheon of Robert DeNiro (as Don Corleone in The Godfather Part II) and Ewan McGregor (as Obi - wan Kenobi in the otherwise unwatchable Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) in pulling off this delicate task.

All of the hallmarks are there, the soundtrack, the young cast of virtual unknowns paired with established, but not too ostentatiously famous, quirky character actors, the eccentric outcast at its center.

We could mention the heap of establishing shots of San Francisco that make no sense to the story, the out of place football throwing scene, the rooftop set with such painfully atrocious green screen work that words escape us, or the character of Peter — whose role is replaced midway after the actor left production due to other commitments, but like many things, the monstrosity that is The Room needs to be seen to be believed.

While the character falls inside the actor's established wheelhouse, that doesn't mean he still doesn't approach the role with the same sort of tenacity and gusto he brought to previous performances in films as diverse as Nocturnal Animals, 99 Homes, Take Shelter, Premium Rush and Revolutionary Road.

An important part of establishing the willing suspension of disbelief in a thriller is showcasing actors with the ability to create characters succinctly yet believably.

The rest of the characters are essentially stock characters, though in many cases well - played by established actors.

Its excellent cast consists of a range of established character actors from both sides of the pond, including Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Lucy Davis, David Thewlis and Danny Huston.

The main character might be a second fiddle actor, but he is an established actor alright, I remember him in the starring role for «Big Wolf on Campus», a fairly charming canadian TV show about a teenage werewolf back in the early 00s.