Sentences with phrase «central casting as»

Registered with Central Casting as an infant, 18 - month - old Gigi played Eve Curie as a baby in 1942's Madame Curie, and at two played young Fanny (who grew up to be Bette Davis) in Mrs. Skeffington.

O'Hanlon made the rounds in summer stock and burlesque, then registered with Hollywood's Central Casting as a film extra in the early»30s.

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That is until Rosenstein reportedly threatened to quit over being cast as one of the central players in Comey's firing.

But our pious Catholic lady from central casting will speak of Evangelicals as one might speak of a great athlete, or the unicorn.

«God's dynamic laws of prosperity,» as Rev. Dick Marcear, pastor of Amarillo's prospering Central Church of Christ, likes to call them, have a distinctly contractual cast.»

But with precisely the same cast of argument, the judges will need to settle their answer to the question of just what is their principled ground for turning back these other demands that spring from the very reasoning they bring forward as they detach marriage from that central notion of begetting.

Fittingly, some of the competitors this year looked as though they came straight from Central Casting — and, in a sense, some of them did.

Still, his presence will seemingly not stop the club trying to land another central midfield player as The Sun claims Schneiderlin is still on the agenda in a # 25m move, which could cast some doubt over the futures of some big names currently on the books at Old Trafford.

He cast the issue as central to his agenda to limit the income gap between wealthy and poor.

Ultimately, council elections will cast judgement on whether modest council tax hikes in the name of local autonomy and better services are preferred over ever - diminishing central government hand outs, but the gloves are now off as local democracy fights back.

Nine days after finishing sixth out of seven candidates in the NYC mayoral race, Bo Dietl returned to his usual Thursday night table at Rao's in East Harlem, the Italian restaurant famed for its exclusivity and straight - from - central - casting history as a mobster's redoubt.

I think Lynton Crosby (and all at Conservative Central Office) must be pinning their hopes on a swing back in the last few days / hours / as people cast their votes.

GORDONABNERVON I think Lynton Crosby (and all at Conservative Central Office) must be pinning their hopes on a swing back in the last few days / hours / as people cast their votes.

Taking on central villainy duties this time out, Everett as Charming is a cast standout, in his hapless attempts to both usurp Shrek and launch a theatrical career.

Though central to the plot, the Windermeres are dreadfully dull characters, and one suspects that here, as in Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003), Scarlett Johansson has been cast principally for her picturesque qualities.

That fall, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live but exited before the conclusion of the season, publicly disheartened by the show's increasing drop - off in quality.After signing on as a correspondent on Michael Moore's news magazine TV Nation and hosting Comedy Product, a standup showcase on the Comedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

to fight CHUD so dehumanized that it should inspire some serious analysis as to what, exactly, the filmmakers were thinking in asking their central - casting cast to explicitly draw an analogy between their plight and that of the U.S. servicemen fighting in Iraq.

Adapted and Americanized from the 1974 novel by popular British author Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File), Dogs casts Walken as Jamie Shannon, one of several mercenaries making a narrow exit from war - torn Central America in the film's opening sequence.

It stands to reason that the central cast from the first film (including, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraja P. Henson, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union, and Chris Bown) will likewise be brought back, as could also be the case with director Tim Story.

Which isn't to say that the film doesn't boast plenty of powerful and often disturbing sequences (it does), nor that its mostly - female cast don't deliver a forceful ensemble performance, with Natalie Portman exceptional as the traumatised but driven central character, biologist Lena.

At the bar, we meet his beer - swilling family, played with sometimes - too - broad Boston accents and personalities by Miranda Richardson as Jeff's mom and Clancy Brown as his dad, along with famous Boston comic Lenny Clarke as another relative, and others who sometimes feel straight out of Boston central casting — love the Sox, drink before noon, yell over each other, etc..

A lesson in grief and hope, this crowd - pleaser (Sydney Film Festival Audience Prize winner) has a strong central performance from Mohamed Fellag as the substitute teacher, M. Lazhar and equally great turns by the cast of children who play his students.

Spacek seemed perfectly cast with a tailor made performance as the kooky, vulnerable and — dare I say it — weird central character.

by Walter Chaw A castration / redemption picture with the most ineffectual central character in any film south of Polanski, direct - to - video thriller Malevolent casts Lou Diamond Phillips as an eternally - framed homicide detective and Kari Wuhrer as an ex-softcore goddess now reduced to acting badly in a variety of scoop - necked blouses.

Dread Central is all but confirming today our previous report that Boardwalk Empire star Jack Huston has been officially cast as the lead in the upcoming remake of The Crow.

His harrowing journey is told through the international cast of characters who have been involved in Sudan's life, from when he was snatched as a calf from his mother's side in war - torn Central Africa, to his captivity as a prized exhibit in a cold, concrete zoo behind the Iron Curtain while poaching devastated his kind to extinction back home.

Within the huge cast, with co-star Cameron Diaz and supporting players such as Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson and John C. Reilly, Leonardo Di Caprio and Daniel Day - Lewis have the central roles.

Given the phenomenal success of HIMYM and the unexpected casting of Greta Gerwig as the central husband - hunting character (in this case, one who was also going through a divorce), HIMYD seemed like a...

Lionsgate debuted the central cast trio through two Entertainment Weekly covers, featuring Jennifer Lawrence in character as Katniss and Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth in character as Peeta and Gale.

During Star Wars Celebration last month it was revealed Rogue One will focus on a crew who set out to steal the Death Star plans, so it seems likely Luna could be playing a central member of rebel soldier Felicity Jones» gang — regardless, I'm just excited to see the first Star Wars Anthology film is continuing Force Awakens «trend of diversifying the franchise and casting incredible actors of color (crossing all my appendages that Rogue One actually delivers on its rumored LGBTQ + representation as well).

The entire movie was filmed in five days during a huge U.K. music festival, most of the cast had to be convincing as rock musicians — and even perform live — and the basic plot is a pretty standard romantic comedy with a completely contrived central conflict.

Unlikely scenarios (including the central love story) are established just to be rebuked in matinee idol moments (and the scene in which Watson finally dumps cad Bill (Dominic West) is an inexplicable graft from Dying Young), and by the end of Mona Lisa Smile the only thing curious is how the picture manages to cast all men as either philandering jerks or ciphers with dicks, while all subplots (one of them concerning philandering Giselle) are summarily dropped just as they threaten to provide the piece with something like depth and humanity.

Lynne Ramsay «s under - appreciated 2002 film Morvern Callar showed her talents, but it is definitely the casting of Tilda Swinton (I Am Love) as the central character, Eva and John C. Reilly (Chicago) as her husband Franklin that make this film one of my most anticipated of the year.

It thunders along like a washing machine on spin cycle, much like its central protagonist, Rosalind Russell as ace reporter Hildy Johnson (not first choice for casting by director Howard Hawks, but she earned her stripes so to speak).

Affleck plays the central character, Bobby Walker, a suburban family man whose $ 180,000 salary supports a plush lifestyle, and Wells follows him over the course of a year as he suffers the humiliation, rage, despair, and self - loathing of a man cast out of his workplace.

As happy as we are that the entire central cast is coming back to reprise their ridiculous roles — that is, Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth, Portia de Rossi as Lindsay, Will Arnett as Gob, Michael Cera as George - Michael, Tony Hale as Buster, David Cross as Tobias Funke, Jeffrey Tambor as George and Oscar, Alia Shawkat as Maeby, Jessica Walter as Lucille, and Ron Howard as himself — there are a few cameo characters that deserve some more screen time as well, like Charlize Theron as Rita Leeds, Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckerkorn, Bob Einstein as Larry Middleman, and Ben Stiller as Tony WondeAs happy as we are that the entire central cast is coming back to reprise their ridiculous roles — that is, Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth, Portia de Rossi as Lindsay, Will Arnett as Gob, Michael Cera as George - Michael, Tony Hale as Buster, David Cross as Tobias Funke, Jeffrey Tambor as George and Oscar, Alia Shawkat as Maeby, Jessica Walter as Lucille, and Ron Howard as himself — there are a few cameo characters that deserve some more screen time as well, like Charlize Theron as Rita Leeds, Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckerkorn, Bob Einstein as Larry Middleman, and Ben Stiller as Tony Wondeas we are that the entire central cast is coming back to reprise their ridiculous roles — that is, Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth, Portia de Rossi as Lindsay, Will Arnett as Gob, Michael Cera as George - 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First, she cast Anna Kendrick in the central role of «Beca;» second, she cast herself as «Gail» (an ever - present but far from omniscient narrator on the sidelines).

M.V.P: The cast is flawless, but it's New York - born Peyman Maadi who has the heaviest lifting to do as Nader, and he does that carrying like Atlas; never putting us in doubt that he's a good man, but one loyal to his family to a fault, and just shrouding his motivations away from view enough that the film's central question remains in question.

Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Dan Wyllie and Matt Nable round out the adult cast, whilst Miller is great as the central protagonist.

Russell's warm, thoroughly ingratiating turn as the central character proves instrumental in cementing Waitress» mild success, and although it's impossible to downplay the effectiveness of the supporting cast (which includes Cheryl Hines and Shelly herself), Fillion offers up an endlessly charismatic performance that, while lamentably limited in screen time, essentially forces the viewer to actively root for the permanent coupling of Jenna and Jim.

For anyone who has watched the film's trailer or has looked at the cast list and seen the likes of Joan Allen and William H. Macy registered as supporting players, it's doubtful they'll be particularly shocked by the central revelation awaiting the preschool - aged protagonist.

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has commented upon the cast of Johnny Depp as the central villain in her «Fantastic Beasts» series.

While one tempted to dismiss Richie Andrusco's excellent central performance as lucky casting (he is always unselfconscious and not at all cloying), you have to wonder if Engel's work with models is responsible for a different perspective to directing actors.

Then Ben Stiller signed on as a co-lead and the target of the central heist was changed from Donald Trump to a Bernie Madoff - like swindler, but the cast is still packed with big names, like Matthew Broderick, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Judd Hirsch, and Alan Alda.

Marcel the monkey shows up the Central Perk crew by becoming the first cast member of «Friends» to go solo, and we would be remiss if we did not discuss the plucky young helicopter pilot played by Cuba Gooding Jr., who in a few short years would grace the world with such masterworks as «Chill Factor» and «Boat Trip.»

While many national media outlets have perpetuated an image of a national crisis and a Central American invasion, there is also a growing current across the country seeking to humanize these young people and to cast the issue as a humanitarian concern.

HONIG: Yes, central office staff have had a lot to manage, trying to navigate federal and state requirements that were not good for teachers or school leaders, and they've often been cast as the bad guy.

From the beginning, Ezra cast minority children as his central characters.

Who would you like to cast as the central characters if The Meaning of Night was made into a film?

Immediately noticeable as your ship pulls into Cochem is the ever - impressive Reichsburg Cochem, an imperial castle with a grand central tower which casts its shadow over the town and harbour below.