Sentences with phrase «cast as a gangster»

Director Hodges has claimed that Hoskins was originally cast as the gangster, and Bates as the priest, and it was his idea to swap them out.

Not exact matches

But the supporting cast scene - stealing award goes to Ken Jeong as Mr. Chow, a flamboyantly gay gangster with an axe to grind over being nakedly abducted into a car trunk and having $ 80,000 stolen from him.

It has a reasonably tight script and is well cast, with Warner Baxter playing the lawyer and Myrna Loy as the gangster's moll, a «bad girl» with glittering eyes who he quite understandably falls for.

Beyond O'Neill (excellent in his role), the cast includes Józef Pawlowski (Warsaw» 44) as Bartosz — that reformed gangster — and Susan Lynch (Here and Now) as the main antagonist, among many others in the strong ensemble.

What a stellar cast we have in Lawless, (Gary Oldman) as the gangster, (Guy Pearce) as the violent deputy from Chicago, (Tom Hardy) as the oldest bondurent brother, (Jessica Chastain) as the head waitress at the Bondurants restaurant, then finally (Shia LeBeouf) as the lead actor and most

What a stellar cast we have in Lawless, (Gary Oldman) as the gangster, (Guy Pearce) as the violent deputy from Chicago, (Tom Hardy) as the oldest bondurent brother, (Jessica Chastain) as the head waitress at the Bondurants restaurant, then finally (Shia LeBeouf) as the lead actor and most developed character in the film.

We have cops and gangsters, worthy charming adversaries, a cat and mouse game and as always — a great ensemble cast padding up a watertight script.

In 2010 she was cast as the romantic interest for Nucky Thompson, the prohibition era gangster in the award - winning HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

It might not feel as sharp - edged as it did in 1991, but Mario Van Peebles» violent gangster drama showcased an impressive cast from Wesley Snipes to Ice - T.

Cast against type as emasculator - in - chief, Kristin Scott Thomas is foul - mouthed, cruel, and like Albert Brooks» knife - wielding gangster in Drive, you find yourself indecently enjoying how dirty this actor can get.

Warren Oates stars as Dillinger and it is great casting; not only does he resemble the real - life gangster but he brings a rugged charm to the role, whether cautioning bystanders and bank tellers during the robberies («This could be one of the big moments in your life,» he says at one point.

Director Jack Perez, who previously directed the John Landis - produced Some Guy Who Kills People, cast Dante and Landis in cameo roles in Blast Vegas, and Landis even had an in - joke in the credits for his gangster comedy Oscar, in which Joe Dante is billed as Face on the Cutting Room Floor.

I am going to hypothetically go with a gangster / cop movie, as the only movies I can think that handled a cast anywhere near that big before is Pulp Fiction or Sin City.

The big story, however, is the cast, which includes former Disney stars Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez trying to break free from their squeaky clean images with more adult roles, and James Franco continuing his bizarre acting career with a turn as a cornrowed, gold - toothed wannabe gangster that should make the movie worth seeing whether it's good or not.

Ant - Man is out now, with Peyton Reed (Down with Love) directing a cast that includes Paul Rudd (I Love You, Man) as Scott Lang, Michael Douglas (Behind The Candelabra) as Dr. Hank Pym, Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll (House of Cards) as Darren Cross / Yellowjacket, John Slattery (Iron Man 2) as Howard Stark, Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger) as Peggy Carter, Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as Sam Wilson / Falcon, Judy Greer (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) as Maggie, Bobby Cannavale (The Long Play) as Paxton, Michael Peña (American Hustle) as Luis, Abby Ryder Fortson (Togetherness) as Cassie Lang, David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight) as Kurt, Wood Harris (The Wire) as Gale, T.I. (American Gangster) as Dave and Martin Donovan (Inherent Vice) as Mitchell Carson.

In support Oka Antara is great as a gangster looking out for Rama, and Arifin Putra is perfectly cast as a spoilt heir to a crime family empire frustrated by always being underestimated by his father.

Casting rakish rising star Jean - Paul Belmondo as a hoodlum on the run from the law and American ingenue Jean Seberg as the sly, pixieish girlfriend who ultimately betrays him, Godard was riffing on the American gangster picture, but with its revelatory handheld camerawork and frenetic jump cuts, Breathless is clearly more than homage: it launched a New Wave, rewrote the rules of cinema, and along the way became the definition of cool.

That being said, I was very curious as to what he'd do with this cast, and a movie of this size: a gangster movie with Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Sean Penn has to be some type of gold, right?

Based on Infernal Affairs, a finely complex Asian policier from 2002 (this is ten times better), the plotting has much the same wit as Face / Off, with DiCaprio's precarious dive mirrored by the spectacular rise of a clean - cut detective (Damon, equally well cast), secretly compromising the force for the benefit of his decadent gangster patron (an unhinged Nicholson, which is saying a lot).

Thanks to airing on Cinemax, the show became a huge hit, bringing him further to the attention of U.S. casting directors, and he's another one cropping up in the impressive cast of «The Gangster Squad» as Ryan Gosling «s childhood pal, a mob enforcer who also serves as a police officer.

Starring the trio of Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke as the leading bootlegging brothers, the film has apparently been killing test screenings and features a stellar supporting cast including Jessica Chastain as Hardy's love interest Maggie; Mia Wasikowska as LaBeouf's belle; Dane DeHaan as Labeouf's partner - in - crime; Guy Pearce as a violent deputy with the brothers in his sights, and Gary Oldman as a gangster who employs the boys.

We learned last fall that Korine had cast Benicio Del Toro and Jamie Foxx to star in a gangster drama called The Trap, but now a casting swap and some fantastic ensemble additions have taken place as Focus Features is coming on to distribute.

Set in London during the 1960s, Charlie casts Goss as Charlie Richardson - a ruthless gangster who worked his way up from petty criminal to notorious gang leader.

As he did in that film, Hudlin continues his trend of showcasing positive African - American characters, bucking the typical Hollywood trend of sensationalized gangster melodramas whenever dealing with predominantly Black casts.

Although Chazelle should get the lion's share of the credit as to why the film works, that shouldn't take away from the phenomenal performances, not only in acting, but also in singing, dancing, and playing instruments, to Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad cast - mates Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, who took over the roles from the originally pitched Emma Watson (who was iffy on the project before ultimately being unavailable) and Whiplash star Miles Teller (who, reportedly, lost the gig trying to stall for a bigger paycheck).

The cast also includes Johnny Depp as an enigmatic gangster, Judi Dench as the imperious Princess, Penelope Cruz as a dedicated missionary, Willem Dafoe as an anti-Semitic professor, Daisy Ridley as a governess and Michelle Pfeiffer as an aging femme fatale.

A judge ruled that it would be inappropriate for Arena to play a Gomorrah gangster but Garrone was eventually permitted to cast the former hitman as a fishmonger in his celebrity - culture satire Reality.