Sentences with phrase «breakout characters in»

This is particularly infuriating because, since 2011, Dinklage has been one of the most important breakout characters in one of pop culture's most important phenomena, playing Tyrion Lannister in 61 episodes of HBO's «Game of Thrones.»

Cam was the breakout character in the first season and he was funniest when there was a juxtaposition of the stereotypic (e.g., loves Meryl Streep) and the non-stereotypic (e.g., football player, clown who stands up to bully).

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She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

Miss Piggy is a Muppet character known for her breakout role in Jim Henson's The Muppet Show.

Morcsányi endows his character with the sad, lived - in expression of a man resigned to his drab routine, but it's breakout talent Borbély who truly emerges as the movie's star.

As one of the breakout characters of Infamous: Second Son, Fetch is getting her own downloadable content in Infamous: First Light.

But I thought Rose Byrne was the breakout character of this movie with her thick Australian accent and always being one - step ahead of her husband, Mac, in every way possible.

But it is newcomer; Alex Neustaedter that really makes his mark as our central character in a wonderful breakout performance.

Winstead has had a bit of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent performance in Smashed a few years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.

Plus it also boasts a striking breakout performance by Mackenzie Davis as the daughter overlooked and outshone by Jones» bright, mature, cello - playing student who unlocks a dormant musical desire and passion in Pearce's father character.

Hong Chau seemed like a breakout lock after Downsizing premiered in Venice, but subsequent screenings in Telluride and Toronto have badly dented that film, particularly criticisms that Chau's character is racially problematic — whether not she gives a good performance.

Keoghan — who had a tremendous 2017 with breakout turns in Dunkirk and The Killing of a Sacred Deer — may start a sentence as Spencer, but the camera will then swiftly move right to reveal the real Spencer, finishing the character's sentence.

She was joined there by Beau Bridges, who also has a breakout role in «Masters of Sex» (though his character did not appear often enough this season), in which he is married to Allison Janney's character, also too AWOL this season, presumably because she too was co-starring in «Mom.»

In a role with breakout potential, Hedges gets plenty to do and he does it well, making Patrick a character you neither love nor hate.

Has Ms. Cox's breakout widened their chances in the audition room or inaugurated a new wave of transgender characters?

The evolution of females in the MCU from supporting characters to the forefront of the films has certainly served «Black Panther» breakout Gurira, known for her fan favorite role as warrior woman Michonne on AMC's «The Walking Dead» and one of the newest members of the MCU.

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, the 31 - year - old Brit revealed why he's excited to explore new parts, what attracted him to play a bad guy that's a victim, his love of noirish 70's thrillers like «Klute,» «Dirty Harry,» and «The Conversation,» how he worked closely with director Scott Frank to tap into the darkness of his character, how music helped him prepare for his role in «The Guest,» why family is hugely important to him, and how 2014 has been a breakout year that's allowed him to work with a number of his childhood heroes including Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and John Travolta.

Laura Dern presented Breakout Performance by an Actress to her on - screen daughter from The Fault In Our Stars, Shaleine Woodley, who told the audience about the lessons she learned from her character, Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenager with terminal cancer.

Following Jack Nicholson's breakout supporting turn in Easy Rider, director Bob Rafelson devised a powerful leading role for the new star in the searing character study Fve Easy Pieces.

by Bill Chambers Though in the vein of the crude, crass characters Melissa McCarthy has given us since her breakout performance in Bridesmaids, McCarthy's Tammy swaggers onto the screen with a presumptuousness for which the actress's young but popular big - screen persona can't fully account.

During an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, the revered actor questioned why British actor Daniel Kaluuya was cast as the lead character in the breakout horror film Get Out, which addresses racism in the U.S.; Jackson wondered why an African - American didn't get the role.

Okoye was a central character in Black Panther, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige specifically mentioning her as a breakout star with solo movie potential.

Instead, it broke my heart to have watched yet another movie in which Peter Dinklage, who ought to be one of the breakout stars of this moment, ends up playing a character defined almost entirely by his dwarfism.

The series makes sure we get to know all the characters of importance, which is essential because by the two - part «Breakout» (Episodes 6 and 7) there are already a couple of dozen names and costumed bodies in the mix.

Bryan Buckley directed The Bronze, which has strong performances by Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan (this guy has breakout potential beyond his Winter Soldier character in Captain America), Haley Lu Richardson and Cecily Strong.

Ryan Gosling has made a name for himself playing characters who live on the fringes of society: his breakout role as a Nazi - sympathizing Jew in The Believer, a half - baked teacher in Half Nelson, a man in love with a blow - up doll in Lars And The Real Girl, and most recently, a fledgling musician whose temper and lack of ambition prove destructive to his family in Blue Valentine.

Of direction, he's since been repositioned as a hero determine of varieties in The Fate of the Furious so we wonder if and when Universal might replace the pictures to proceed bringing in additional characters very similar to how at Disney Parks, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout and Star Tours had been including in new pictures round positive Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm Star Wars film occasions.

Featuring a sublime, albeit brief, supporting role for Juliette Binoche, the film's breakout sensation is dancer Anastasia Shevtsova, the actress connecting with the material so seamlessly the line between her performance and the character as written in the script vanishes into invisibility almost immediately.

But the real star here is Bel Powley, who cements her acting versatility playing a radically different character than she did in her breakout role three years ago.

But the one who pulls up in second place is surprising: season two breakout recurring guest star Darren Criss (interestingly getting billing as part of the main starring cast, not with the recurring cast), who may be a complete ham but is a consummate showman as he powers through a trio of numbers fronted by his character, Blaine Anderson.

Just this morning, WNYC's Sarah Gonzales gave us an update on how some of the characters in the book are doing (How Booker, Christie Spent the $ 100 Million Facebook Donation), including a breakout of spending (most of which went to teachers and principals, not consultants).

Every yearning character in this breakout novel is flesh and blood.

Lester Speight, who provides the voice of Gears of War's breakout character Augustus «Cole Train» Cole, has confirmed recently that he has been contacted about appearing in the newest, currently unrevealed game in the popular third - person shooter series.

Twilight Princess has some of the Zelda series» absolute finest dungeon and enemy designs, as many of the lists of the past month have shown, as well as at least one breakout character for the ages in the shape of Midna.