Sentences with phrase «as a romantic lead»

In fact, while the duo sounds like a comedy dream team on paper, they have zero chemistry as romantic leads, which makes their inevitable hookup even more awkward as a result.

Singh plays the character with aplomb in what is certainly a career - defining role for the actor who is more often cast as the romantic lead in mega Bollywood productions.

Heath Ledger (The Brothers Grimm) and Jake Gyllenhaal (The Day After Tomorrow) are perfectly cast as the romantic leads in this tale of forbidden love, and though it took a while to get used to their mumbled, often monosyllabic sentences, I soon learned to appreciate the splendour in their silences.

The Vow Tatum once again flexed his box - office muscle as a romantic leading man with this 2012 tear - jerker based on a real - life couple.

Tell - tale sign 3: it has Clinton of the Eastwood as a romantic lead at the age of about 97.

«Zhivago» was a hit, and Sharif's career as a romantic lead continued for a few years.

She took her feature bow in 1983 as the romantic lead of John Candy in David Steinberg's second - rate comedy Going Berserk.

They discussed Jason's newfound potential as a romantic lead, the way in which they both toed the story's risky new morality, how the film takes after Billy Wilder's «The Apartment» and more.

Although Bill Pullman seems an unlikely choice to play as a romantic lead, somehow he manages to fit into the part just fine.

Nia Long, love jones (1997)-- Heaven is Nia Long as a romantic lead.

Wilson may always appear a little too flaky to be bankable as a romantic lead, but set Aniston aside and this could be the purest love story he'll ever get.

Swiss - born actor Bruno Ganz established himself in Germany, first as co-founder of the Schaubuhne Theatre company, then as a romantic lead in films.

Parton's charismatic (if one - note) turn as the central character goes a long way towards initially capturing the viewer's interest, and the casting of Woods as a romantic lead certainly holds appeal purely as an out - of - the - box novelty.

Making it a period piece set during the transition to sound filmmaking, Comden and Green wrote Kelly as a romantic lead from the silent era who returns to his song - and - dance roots when the move to talkies threatens his career.

Bogdanovich contends that this film made Cary Grant a superstar because it proved he could win the girl as a romantic leading man, not a screwball comic (as in Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth) or a poetic misfit (as in George Cukor's peak - high comedy Holiday).

Perhaps the most glaring problem with The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is that it stretches Woody the Actor's believability as romantic lead to its breaking point.

How are up - and - comers Hoult and Palmer as romantic leads?

Crowe has a hell of a cast on board, including Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone as the romantic leads, with Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Rachel McAdams, Danny McBride, Bill Murray, and more.

Otherwise, you'd do just as well casting Krusty the Clown as a romantic lead.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, we decided to revisit the film that established Leonardo DiCaprio as a romantic lead to check whether the passing of time had poisoned its charms or given it wings.

Really the only thing that makes this even close to watchable is the casting of the leads: Portman is magnetic in pretty much everything she's ever been in (although the dire Star Wars prequels are probably the worst films she's done), while Kutcher is starting to find a niche as a romantic lead.

Steve Martin's finest hour as a romantic lead — which is impressive, considering he's saddled with a four - inch prosthetic conk.

Directed by razzle - dazzle impresario Baz Luhrmann, this «Gatsby» boasts the charismatic duo of Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan as romantic leads, 3 - D as its format, a soundtrack rife with proven hitmakers, a Jazz Age setting and a theme of the American Dream gone sour that still resonates today.

Amanda Seyfried seems a little more comfortable as a romantic lead, having proven her versatility in roles that run the gamut from Mamma Mia!

The forever glum Dano, barely believable as a famous novelist, is even less so as a romantic lead and, though Dano and Kahan are a couple in real life, their on - screen chemistry leaves much to be desired.

You've made a career playing very insecure, glib and overbearing characters on the small screen and here you are playing a glib, self - absorbed character as a romantic lead.

Tab Hunter was one of the most promising matinee idols of the 1950s, but his career as a romantic lead began to fizzle when rumors surrounding his sexual orientation began swirling about town, making him one of Hollywood's first victims of gossipy tabloid magazines.

The first and most obvious reason why Love Stinks doesn't work comes from the casting of French Stewart as the romantic lead.

Yelchin is strong as the romantic lead and the ensemble is filled out with great vocal talents like Gillian Anderson, Aubrey Plaza, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Beau Bridges, and even Ron Howard.

He gives the film's most unremarkable performance — he's effective as the romantic lead, as the friend to Chiklis (particularly in the beginning), but as the super-smart scientist, he falls flat.

While he doesn't surprise here, he's more tolerable than expected as a romantic lead cast for his looks and physique.

David has more on Rickman's remarkable life and career here, and Megan looks at his roles as a romantic lead here.

They are coping with death, discovering love, standing up for themselves and those they care about, and, as our romantic lead quotes Gandhi, doing things because they are important, even if they seem insignificant.

Leslye, what was it that appealed to you about casting Jason as your romantic lead, especially as his character is a dicier version of the male love interest?

One of my favorite romantic comedies, though I still can't accept Billy Crystal as a romantic lead (which was probably Sally's real problem anyway).

He also overshadows some of the film's finer and more surprising features, namely the terrific debut performance by «Talk Soup»'s Greg Kinnear as a romantic lead and Ormond in another fine role, although the last commercial one in her career.

«Zoolander» was funny as hell but Stiller has no appeal or charisma as a romantic lead.

The material tests to destruction Owen Wilson's potential as a romantic lead: his dreamboat looks are weirdly blank when they are not being exercised in the service of comedy.

While Tina Fey and Paul Rudd sound like a comedy dream team on paper, they have zero chemistry as romantic leads, and it makes their inevitable hookup feel even more awkward as a result.

More like tired, as Ben Stiller plays what he always seems to play as the romantic lead, except in this case, without any sympathy whatsoever.

His fidgety, increasingly disturbing performance became so identified with his image that it all but destroyed his career as a romantic lead.

Framing the massive movements of peoples through the synecdoche of a love triangle is a start, for argument's sake, but even given that, how does one then go on to justify (on paper) his decision to cast as his romantic lead an unknown 14 - year old girl awkwardly named in life Q'orianka Kilcher, who's left unnamed in the film for the bulk of its duration?

But the real winner here is Spall, the ever great character actor, (best known for Mr. Turner and Secrets and Lies), as the romantic lead.

It's lovely to see him as a romantic lead.

As a romantic lead, she lacks the spark to ignite a fire.

While the plot of Cairo Time is fairly standard stuff, it is elevated by some wonderful photography, and there is great pleasure to be had in seeing the wonderful Clarkson — usually relegated to playing second fiddle in US indie flicks — as a romantic lead.

Similarly, why did you cast Naveen Andrews, who is most known for his role in Lost as this action hero, as your romantic lead.

It certainly has the novelty value of seeing a pre-James Bond Sean Connery (he also sings) as the romantic lead.