Sentences with phrase «cast leading lady»

Terminal Reality had already cast another leading lady in Weaver's place and was not willing to include her that late in the process.

It's called The Crop Top Project, and it's time to cast a leading lady: Will it be Mindy or, who both give good midriff in the same Topshop ensemble.

Not exact matches

With an ensemble cast of mostly all actresses lead by the Radiant Penelope Cruz, Almodovar has written his sharpest, funniest screenplay yet, holding back on his usual outrageous elements in order to let the talented ladies of the cast work their magic with his words.

Laurel cast her as Fred Scott's leading lady in Songs and Bullets (1938), on which the veteran comedian is listed as the executive producer.

There are plenty of talented components to this cast, and most every one of them has his or her time to shine, even such much too briefly present forces as episodes 1's Martin Sheen - who nails both Irish - American accent and depth of the good - hearted slaver who comes to find flaws in the traditions he has had to follow - and episode 3's Richard Jenkin, who effectively despicable in his audacious portrayal of a despicable radical racist who is as willing to die as he is to kill to preserve his questionable sense of order - and plenty of other people in between, from the compelling Dennis Haysbert to the charming Danny Glover, so you know that it's saying something to proclaim that leading lady Halle Berry is this series» strongest performance, delivering on powerful layers and emotional range in her engrossing portrayal of a mulatto who is trapped in society by her mixed race, and will face many unbearable hardships that will test her innocence and humanity.

Sherman - Palladino also spotlighted the stellar cast, singling out the main stars, Michael Zegen, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub and Marin Hinkle, but specifically giving her leading lady special recognition: «Rachel Brosnahan, half - human, half - Tolkien character.»

With the movie recently adding Emilia Clarke to its roster with rumours of another leading lady floating on the internet, our new Han Solo Alden Ehrenreich has been talking about the casting of Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian.

Lady Gaga leads an ensemble cast that includes Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Matt Bomer, Evan Peters and Naomi Campbell.

The cast of this US remake includes two actresses who have held on to leading lady status longer than almost anyone but Meryl Streep.

When your leading lady is cast in a film that's so obviously beneath her, it becomes more glum than enjoyable.

Released: March 10 Cast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie Director: Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) Why it's great: As Maureen, a French socialite's personal shopper who believes that if she hangs around Paris long enough, she'll make contact with her recently deceased twin brother, Stewart is a conduit to the spirits of Vivien Leigh, James Dean, and the leading ladies of Hitchcock thrillers.

A game cast quite literally gives the film their all but it's hard to ignore the ugly treatment its leading lady receives, coupled with a story that — though open to multiple interpretations — never rises above a pretentious and scummy tale of male exploitation of women, both on and off - screen.

When a new director casts himself as the lead in his own film, everyone kind of assumes that a fair piece of arrogance and selfishness is at play, especially when that lead role happens to have him making out with attractive ladies for most of the running time.

An excellent cast supports these ladies but the three leads bring this movie to life.

Dame Maggie Smith leads the cast in The Lady In The Van, a film adaptation of Alan Bennett «s play of the same name.

While Hollywood isn't casting Jolie in the same sexpot leading lady roles she enjoyed in her 20s, the 42 - year - old Jolie is actually at just about the average age for a Bond.

The cast is pretty impressive, with former Oscar winners Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) giving support to leading lady and rising star Emma Stone.

The pinnacle was Lady in the Water, where Shyamalan cast himself as a writer whose future book will lead to someone reading it and changing the world.

Lionsgate has released a new UK poster for On Chesil Beach, the upcoming romantic drama which sees Oscar - nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Billy Howle (Dunkirk) leading a cast that includes Anne - Marie Duff (Suffragette), Adrian Scarborough (Vera Drake), Emily Watson (Testament of Youth) and Samuel West (Darkest Hour).

Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) has already been cast in the lead as the famous thief from Nottingham, and the filmmakers have set about finding their leading lady and have shortlisted British actress Gugu -LSB-...]

Luckily, aside from Channing Tatum, he's cast Jamie Foxx as the President who weathers an invasion by a paramilitary group (led by Jason Clarke), and also Garcelle Beauvais («Flight») as the First Lady by his side.

And it wasn't quite a decade ago that Julie Christie found herself at the Oscars for playing an Alzheimer's patient in Away From Her (in the end losing the prize to Marion Cotillard's Edith Piaf), though Moore's struggle here feels more fearsome moment - by - moment, not least because the Still Alice filmmakers keep their focus on their leading lady, in effect sidelining Baldwin, Stewart, and some fine actors elsewhere in the cast.

And yet, the Scottish - born actress says with mock distress, she's cast as the servant rather than leading lady in films including Gosford Park and the upcoming Holmes and Watson.

Just take a look at the cast, which features one adorable leading lady (Reese Witherspoon), a pair of funny / relatable guys (Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson), and a living legend (Jack Nicholson).

Whether he's burning through dozens of flubbed takes in front of an exhausted crew (including Seth Rogen as the exasperated script supervisor), insisting on filming a sex scene with his leading lady (Ari Graynor) with all of the members of the cast present, or getting a personal toilet installed in the middle of the soundstage, Wiseau struts his private despotate of fake brick walls like a perfect parody of directorial hubris.

«The Sun Ladies VR» • Lead artists: Maria Bello, Celine Tricart, Christian Stephen; key collaborators: Wesley Allsbrook, Tim Gedemer, Mark Simpson; cast: Maria Bello.

Despite a generally good cast and some interesting moments, an ordinary plot and an unattractive leading lady hamper the film.

Set in the same universe as the Ocean's 11 franchise that ran from 2001 - 07, Ocean's 8 brings together an all - star cast of leading ladies, and we suspect, some great cameos too!

Moviemaker David Fincher cast British actress Rosamund Pike as his leading lady in new thriller Gone Girl because she reminded him of movie veteran...

AMC's long - gestating Preacher adaptation from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (This Is The End) and Sam Catlin (The Great New Wonderful) is finally taking shape and has now found its first cast member and leading lady.

Stunningly - attractive leading lady Nia Long returned to the big screen last fall in the highly - anticipated sequel The Best Man Holiday where she reunited with original cast mates Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Morris Chestnut and Harold Perrineau.

Though the film has a respected comedic helmsman in Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy) and a cast fronted by some of the leading ladies of comedy (Kristin Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, for starters), the new take on the paranormal investigators has been a lightning rod for controversy since it got the green light.

While the movies contains some of the best fight scenes I have ever scene, an all star cast, and a beautiful leading lady, it completely lacked in story, character development, and acting.

It's a fairly unremarkable piece of pre-code filmmaking, but Davis — not yet a major star but certainly a leading lady working her way up the studio hierarchy — shows the rest of the cast (including the reliable Warner girl Friday Ruth Donnelly) how it's done.

Easy to say that in 2015 a black guy with a white girl isn't that big a deal, but I still can't think of too many examples where a superstar like Smith is willing to repeatedly cast himself opposite a cross-racial leading lady.

While Carousel spins its gorgeous melodies and troublesome social politics in Midtown Manhattan, My Fair Lady, its lighter - hearted companion in the Big Book of treasured musicals toting outdated notions, has opened some 20 blocks north in a sumptuous Lincoln Center Theater production, its cast of 37 led by a tempestuous Lauren Ambrose and, in his Broadway debut, Harry Hadden - Paton, best known stateside for a Prince Charming turn on Downton Abbey but here making a right... Read

FWB just seems more appropriately cast, especially with its leading lady.

Now that Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor Wood and her producers have tracked down their willing victims leading man and lady in Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson, they're starting to fill out the rest of the cast.

The raunchy but heartfelt story showcases Schumer as a hilarious leading lady and the film's great ensemble cast (featuring a nearly - unrecognizable Tilda Swinton, a perky Vanessa Bayer and a memorable LeBron James) helped make this a strong and unique comedy.

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, 2016) Based on Jane Austen's novel, «Lady Susan Vernon», Kate Beckinsale (playing Lady Susan) leads a rather large cast of characters as they lounge over the manicured lawns of rural countryside and London drawing rooms.

A new nubile young actress (The Last Airbender's Nicola Peltz) fills the leading lady vacancy left by Megan Fox and that Victoria's Secret model Bay cast to succeed her (undoubtedly making a point about actor replaceability) after Fox's since - resolved row with Bay.

Everyone has a large vocabulary that includes various forms of the word «dick» tacked onto it — including the leading lady who, other than possessing slightly exaggerated breast physics, is mostly just «one of the guys» with a sailor mouth as dirty as the rest of the cast.

The footage offers a look at the game's enchanting world and colorful cast of characters, including the leading ladies Alushe and Liliana.

The Non-Stop Adventure: The bulk of Dead Space Extraction involves the attempts of four horror - movie - cast survivors — the leading man, the pretty lady, the wry Brit, the suspicious old businessman — to survive the bad things happening on the planet of Aegis VII following the unearthing of a mysterious artifact.

The collection features a full cast of characters: Think secretary seductress in a sheer navy blouse with a plaid pencil skirt; a Hitchcock leading lady in a handwoven silk cape and a matching navy green plaid skirt suit; a socialite gone vacationing in Monte Carlo in a lyons blue silk blouse with a handwoven silk full skirt — and sunglasses, obviously — to an ocean - inspired ensemble with an overflowing silk skirt that went overboard with a throwback 80s style.