Sentences with phrase «casting against type»

The basic plot has retired spy Dick Steele (Nielsen) being forced back into action after the nefarious General Rancor (Andy Griffith, in an inspired bit of casting against type) threatens to launch an explosive rocket into outer space with the daughter (Stephanie Romanov) of Dick's long - deceased love of his life (also played by Romanov, which brings to mind her dual role in the late, lamented soap Models Inc.) strapped onto it.

It's an oddly effective example of casting against type, and a memorable one at that.

But Wilson, too, is a bit listless, coasting through the role of pipe - smoking straight - arrow instead of taking comic advantage of his casting against type.

You've never seen the veteran actor quite like this before, but by casting him against type, it strengthens the overall mystery that is so essential to the movie's success.

Lesley Coffin: Because people go into a film expecting one thing from Michael Shannon and he proves not to be like that here and the film has an undercurrent of suspense and thriller, is that type of casting against type an asset you were looking to exploit?

Shock of shocks, F. Murray Abraham comes off as arrogant, Elizabeth Berridge ditzy, and a beefed - up Tom Hulce a quick study — there was little casting against type, in other words.

In a surprisingly successful case of casting against type, Jason Segel dons a tennis bandana to play the late novelist David Foster Wallace, who allowed Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky (played here by Jesse Eisenberg) to accompany him on the final leg of his Infinite Jest book tour.

Veteran movie villainess Gale Sondergaard also appears in the film, cast against type as a courageous British intelligence agent.

Michael Pitt is cast against type as molecular biologist Dr. Ian Gray (those eyeglasses rest on his face with the same kind of seriousness panache they bring to Rick Perry).

Jennifer Aniston is the highlight of the film, cast against type and considerably enjoying a chance to be raunchy, naughty, and bawdy, while still providing laugh - out - loud moments and the means for an emphatic, satisfactory conclusion.

Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams strike comic gold — or at least silver plate — as a hyper - competitive game - crazy couple whose suburban couples gaming party goes way off the rails when an equally competitive globe - trotting / high rolling brother to the husband (Kyle Chandler, cast against type) comes home, initiates a murder / kidnapping mystery game that is in turn hijacked by real hoodlums who play for keeps.

Although Buscemi has done his best work outside of the mainstream, turning in other sterling performances in Alexandre Rockwell's In the Soup (1992) and Tom Di Cillo's Living in Oblivion (1995), he has occasionally appeared in such Hollywood megaplex fare as Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Big Daddy (1999), and 28 Days (2000), the last of which cast him against type as Sandra Bullock's rehab counselor.

So my goal has always been that in the independent world I can be cast against type.

He has not been cast against type.

Shannon, cast against type as the voice of unpretentious reason, gives one of those totally relatable performances for which he has a secret talent, rescuing The Current War one scene at a time from its fairy - tale genius - worship of Edison and the mystical dandy Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult).

In supporting roles, Fichtner is nicely cast against type.

Tautly directed, this WWII noir - thriller stars John Garfield in a dramatically intense performance and Maureen O'Hara, cast against type.

Page relishes being cast against type as a worldly seductress, playing Monica as someone so confident in her pronouncements about art and everything else that she takes for granted her listener's interest.

Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr are all cast against type as actors who seem to have forgotten that they're simply there to get a job done.

Gandolfini is seemingly cast against type in this romantic comedy, yet not only is he convincing as Albert but also reveals a sweet and perhaps more personal side in his performance that he rarely ever had a chance to show throughout his career.

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.

He was cast against type as the vicious slave handler Ace Woody in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, but dropped out citing scheduling conflicts.

Ray regular Soumitra Chatterjee is the steely heart of the film, cast against type as an aggressive firebrand of a leader.

Then there's Pariah, a gritty, dysfunctional family drama ostensibly inspired by Precious (2009), as it is set in the «hood in New York City and features a comedienne (Kim Wayans) cast against type as a monstrous, child - abusing mother.

And that Uncle Charlie (a menacing, cast against type, Joseph Cotten) has decided that he has to do something about her.

She's dramatically cast against type here playing a rigid stiff of a Christian harpy, but does she even have eight lines?

Lyonne and Greer are both brilliantly cast against type here, with Lyonne taking the role of the cheery optimist and Greer diving into the chance to play a morose, bitchy character.

He was cast against type as David Staebler, an uptight, near autistic radio monologuist, while Bruce Dern was given what would normally have been the Nicholson role, playing David's brother, Jason, a comic, megalomaniacal hustler with a head full of outsize dreams and a dangerous connection to the mob.

Meanwhile, Louis Garrel — cast against type in a comic relief role — steals every scene as Tony's younger brother, never raising his voice above deadpan mock - protest.

TWENTYFOURSEVEN Bob Hoskins is cast against type as Darcy, an idealistic paper - pusher who starts a boxing club to save the restless youth of his depressed town in the English Midlands.

She also finds herself inexplicably drawn to Edward (Michael Shannon, wonderfully cast against type here), a lonely American in the hotel room next door.

(It's a shame she doesn't play the baddie more often — like Matt Damon, Kidman shines when cast against type.)

Here's hoping he proves me wrong by getting cast against type this time around.

Robert Wagner is best known for his heroic roles — particularly on TV shows like Hart to Hart, Switch and the stellar BBC series Colditz (which has shamefully never been made available in this country; I was lucky to catch it as a boy while living in Portugal and long to see it again... but I digress)-- but here he's expertly cast against type as Bud Corliss, a college kid who's only interested in becoming rich by any means necessary.

Cast against type as a creative writing professor at a Pittsburgh college, Michael Douglas gives one of his funniest performances in this adaptation of writer Michael Chabon's poignant campus novel.

Yet they also introduce a wild card in Romulan warrior Nero (an unrecognizable Eric Bana), whose nefarious actions lead to an alternate reality for the members of the Enterprise: the brash Kirk (Chris Pine), the brainy Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the wisecracking Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban, pleasingly cast against type), plus their support staff of Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin).

Chloe Grace Moretz is cast against type as a freshmen stoner, but really seems too nice to be caught up in this mess.

To be honest it's probably because he's been cast against type, but his transformation here is astounding.

We know he's a villain from his first onscreen appearance because he's played by William Fichtner who's at his best when he's cast against type which, alas, is not the case here.

Fanning glides effortlessly between childish ingénue and assertive woman, and Keanu Reeves is so aggressively cast against type that he's basically done acting the moment he shows up on screen.

Not exact matches

Casting Lowe against type allows the series to continue into its uncertain plot with style while both Davis and Dee prove why they stand as powerhouses withing their craft.

A fresh, well - written comedy that doesn't lag, casts its actors against type and has a real love for its characters.

Milch has a keen eye for his actors» untapped resources — he doesn't so much cast against physical types as he does psychological ones — and this is what makes Deadwood's expansive ensemble so continually exciting to watch.

Keri Russell gives the early scenes a kick in a great casting - against - type performance.

Avranas attempts to make use of casting Jim Carrey against type by allowing nearly all of the morbid comic relief to be generated by a lewd and lascivious Marton Csokas, here in prime over-the-top form as a bitchy, pretentious pulp author who churns out perverse novels which would be loosely defined as torture porn.

Her role, in Jean - Marc Vallée's biographical tale of Cheryl Strayed's long and soul - searching trek across the Pacific Crest trail, cast her against cute - but - vacant type.

Hitchcock wanted to cast Carey against type as a Nazi ringleader in 1942's Saboteur, only to have these plans vetoed by Mrs. Carey, who insisted that her husband's fans would never accept such a radical deviation from his image.

In a role reversal, Tina Fey is broader and cast against - type as a foul - mouthed party - goer who needs to learn to be more maternal rather than the bookish straight gal and Poehler is playing more of a goody two - shoes who needs to put herself out there.

Yasmine Bleeth is cast very much against type in this made - for - TV melodrama as Emily Gilmore, a meek, mild woman with a hideously scarred face.

And the seasoned cast that surrounds him are just as riveting, mainly because most of them are playing effectively against type.