Sentences with phrase «breakout roles for»

Written by Harmony Korine and coproduced by Gus Van Sant, the film tells the story of a single day in the life of a group of sexually active teenagers in New York City and offered breakout roles for actors Chloë Sevigny and Rosario Dawson.

KW: Did you feel comfortable casting Rick Gonzalez and Wanda De Jesus, a couple of relative unknowns, as your leads in what could prove to be breakout roles for them?

March, in particular, is a breakout role for Gosling, whose turn as an emotionally unstable, broken dingus gives is something new from him.

Funny and relevant, it also features a breakout role for Nicki Minaj as a vampish stylist.

And Moll, a breakout role for flame - haired Irish actress Buckley, may not even be this murder mystery's title character.

8:00 pm — TCM — The Wizard of Oz Breakout role for Judy Garland, one of the earlier Technicolor films (and one of the first to mix black and white with Technicolor to dramatic effect), and one of the few adaptations where the film is better than the book.

The Roadside / Summit release is also being eyed as a breakout role for actor Logan Lerman.

Seeing Erik as a sort of twisted super-powered James Bond is thrilling, and Fassbender brings an intensity that makes this another breakout role for the quickly rising star.

World Premiere Notable: Potential breakout role for Holbrook who has an Untitled Terrence Malick Film, «Jane's Got A Gun» and «Boomtown» also expected for 2016.

«A Breakout Role for Teachers» describes how some teachers break free of the routines, rules, and habits that exhaust teachers» time and energy to identify important problems, offer concrete solutions, and bring those solutions to life.

Not exact matches

The actress was hot off her breakout role in «The Wolf of Wall Street» and searching for movies that could be star vehicles for her when she came across Rogers» script.

Playing as part of a defense that is more of a fit for his particular talents along with a starting role made Cornelius Washington an easy choice for the Lions» breakout player of 2017.

He was Oscar - nominated for Best Supporting Actor, in 2008, for his breakout role in the Assassination of Jesse James, but he's yet to emerge from the Oscar race victorious.

e was in midst of a breakout, stepping into a bigger offensive role for the Mustangs and showcasing his versatility as a defender and scorer.

He was in midst of a breakout, stepping into a bigger offensive role for the Mustangs and showcasing his versatility as a defender and scorer.

A former New York prison worker who helped two murderers escape faces up to seven years for her role in the audacious breakout.

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

Everyone does good work here, but for Helms this is a breakout role, and he delivers.

In 2006, Wilson starred in the title role in her breakout performance in the BBC miniseries, JANE EYRE, receiving a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress, along with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress — Miniseries or Television Film, and a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actress.

Mary J. Blige is being honored with the «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award» in the aforementioned Mudbound while Timothée Chalamet will receive the «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award» for his role in the film Call Me By Your Name.

Letters of Note shares a cool story about how hard he fought for his breakout role in My Beautiful Laundrette.

Stiller is paired to great effect with Greta Gerwig in a breakout role as an aspiring musician with her own self - esteem issues, a woman who kind of falls for Greenberg despite his off - putting demeanor.

Like Lloyd Bridges, Palance's career required some redefinition when he became too old to play the leading roles and tough guys he'd grown accustomed to and this breakout comedy seemed to be the solution he'd been looking for.

Lopez earned very positive notice for her breakout role, even scoring a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a musical or comedy.

Director Craig Gillespie («Lars and the Real Girl»), writer Steven Rogers and a breakout Margot Robbie in the title role do a phenomenally entertaining job bringing all this to vibrant life, mixing biopic and documentary - style tropes, direct address, and split screen for a movie that sometimes seems as if it can't believe it's telling a true story, either.

Washington is accompanied on screen by Viola Davis, who also won a Tony for that 2010 revival of the play, and got one of her first major roles in film from her director in Antwone Fisher, years before her cinematic breakout with her Oscar - nominated role in Doubt.

But this year she's celebrating her first nomination for a film role, thanks to Greta Gerwig's breakout indie «Lady Bird.»

«Their Finest» (Lone Scherfig) Can Scherfig give Gemma Arterton the breakout role we keep hoping for?

And as for breakout performances, we could probably have populated half this list with names from the show — Eve Hewson is destined for next - big - thing ingenue status; Cara Seymour is genius as the abortionist nun Sister Harriet, especially sparring with Chris Sullivan's boorish ambulanceman; Juliet Rylance is similarly excellent as the patrician liberal Cornelia and of course the show offers established star Clive Owen his best role ever.

• Jennifer Lawrence was named Best Actress for her breakout role as a young woman who challenges her Ozark Mountains community to look for her missing father in «Winter's Bone», while newcomer Hailee Steinfeld took Best Supporting Actress for her debut performance in «True Grit» as an 1870s teenager avenging her father's murder.

As for Wright, one of the breakout stars of Black Panther, she will reprise her role as T'Challa's younger sister and Wakanda's resident tech head, Shuri.

Lakeith Stanfield, who also appears in «Get Out,» won the breakout star award for his lead role in «Crown Heights,» which also won the best independent award.

Hunnam, best known to many for FX's «Sons of Anarchy» (though I'll always identify him with «Undeclared»), does not ooze charisma in what could be his breakout role after dropping out of Fifty Shades of Gray.

After a couple of supporting roles (and I literally mean a couple, like 2 — including another job with Woodley) he emerges here as a breakout star that has far more going for him than simply romantic lead.

«Selected as the opening night film for Sundance 2012, HELLO I MUST BE GOING features acclaimed actress Melanie Lynskey (WIN WIN, UP IN THE AIR, TWO AND A HALF MEN) in her breakout role as Amy, a recent divorcée who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein).

Walken garnered some attention for smaller roles throughout the early 70s, but it was his breakout role in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter that put him on the map (and gave him an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor).

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.

If 2009 was the year in which Aaron Johnson was a potential movie star looking for a breakout role, Kick - Ass is the film in which he delivers on the promise.

Rebecca Ferguson was the first to sign on for Daniel Espinosa «s sci - fi thriller Life, hot on the heels of her breakout role in Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, and Ryan Reynolds «casting was revealed just days after Deadpool «s record - breaking opening weekend.

In one year, she's made a name for herself on stage and screen with back - to - back breakout roles in «Hello, Dolly!»

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.

Yet another rite of passage for a number of actors is that awkward experience between the release of your breakout role, which is then sometimes followed up by other films that were filmed before your breakout role but were released after you hit it big.

Yet, even when they are underserved by their roles, the actors are a pleasure to watch — chiefly Holbrook, who's been buzzed about as a potential breakout star for a while now and makes good on that promise here.

Jennnifer Aniston's breakout role is supposed to be a horror flick, but Warwick Davis in costume killing for his gold has turned into a joke, and now a drinking game.

Stephan James (in his first starring role following appearances in «Selma» and «When the Game Stands Tall») gives a breakout performance as Owens, who attended The Ohio State University in the early 1930s and became a champion under demanding coach Larry Snyder (a rare «dramatic» role for «SNL» vet Jason Sudeikis).

Melissa McCarthy has gone from getting nominated for an Academy Award thanks to her breakout role in «Bridesmaids,» to a slew of hits in 2013 that were «Identity Thief» and «The Heat.»

Breakout lead role for Macdonald as aspiring hip - hopper cheered on by her grandmother.

His training as a gymnast in high school and abilities as an acrobat made him perfect for his breakout role as Gideon, the youngest brother in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, in 1954.

Previously announced honorees include Coco for «Hollywood Animation Award»; the cast of Mudbound including Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Rob Morgan and Jonathan Banks for the «Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award»; Sam Rockwell for «Hollywood Supporting Actor Award» for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Allison Janney for «Hollywood Supporting Actress Award» for her role in I, Tonya; Mary J. Blige for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award» for her work in the film Mudbound; Timothée Chalamet for «Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award» for his role in the film Call Me By Your Name; and the cast of I, Tonya, including Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson and Caitlin Carver for the «Hollywood Ensemble Award.»