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.
Woody Allen no longer
casts himself as the romantic lead in his films, but it's still pretty obvious when the director's own viewpoints, neuroses, and inclinations are coming out of his male leads» mouths.
Not exact matches
Though inclined to stoutness — and baldness — from age 16 onward, Alexander had such a commanding stage presence that he was invariably
cast as the star in school plays, in roles ranging from
romantic leads to elderly character parts.
Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a
romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn
as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman
cast her
as a
lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).
The actors aren't all well
cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker
as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear
as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male
romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.
Elizabethtown mistakes countless scenes of people throwing their hands over their heads
as they're walking away to some alt - pop tune
as poignancy while mistaking Bloom
as a viable
romantic lead when he's more accurately a plaster
casting of one.
With most
romantic comedies (though there is very little comedy here) the supporting
cast are just
as important
as the
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.
sees Laurentz exasperated to discover Western film star Hobie Doyle
cast as Merrily We Dance's
romantic lead; resulting in the film's standout comedic bit, in which Laurentz tries in vain to teach Doyle the elegance of the Mid-Atlantic accent.
Rachel McAdams is the queen of rom - coms and Channing Tatum was pretty much type -
cast as the reluctant
romantic lead back when this was released.
The first and most obvious reason why Love Stinks doesn't work comes from the
casting of French Stewart
as the
romantic lead.
While he doesn't surprise here, he's more tolerable than expected
as a
romantic lead cast for his looks and physique.
This is the kind of film that was all the rage in the early «60s: aging male star, once a
romantic lead, is
cast as head of a really annoying family that puts him through absolute hell, until the denouement that insists that family life is in fact splendid and really the ONLY THING WORTH EXISTING FOR.
In this award - winning debut feature, Israel delivers a precious take on the classic
romantic comedy,
casting a pair of autistic characters
as its lovestruck
leads.
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?