Sentences with phrase «characters speaking roles»

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And only 32 % of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles (compared to 79 % with 10 or more such male roles).

There are various candidates for this role, but the leading candidates to succeed the Story seem to be, first, moral discourse itself and, second, the characters who remain - who have been left stranded, so to speak, without their Story.

Heisel reported a study comparing Japanese and American children's TV programs, whose results revealed that there were even few older characters on the Japanese shows: 4 per cent of all speaking roles, as compared to 9 per cent for the U.S..

The inspired writers introduced dramatic roles as a way of allowing the most significant characters of Scripture to manifest themselves and to speak, and so to progress the Biblical narrative from within.

ACA recently spoke with Tough about why character strengths are critical to success, the importance of connection, and what camps offer kids in the way of role models, community, and unique learning environments.

Speaking on education in the West, the Governor noted that the downward trend in education should be worrisome due to the role of education in development and bringing enlightenment to the human mind, platform for leadership recruitment and the means for character building and good citizenship.

Sadly, whereas there are agreements by everyone of the need to put anti-corruption war at the top of the agenda, the 8th National Assembly has been playing the role of a Janus and in the typical character of the famed double - faced Roman myth — the 8th Assembly has one face where it speaks of the importance of anti-corruption and another face, a face and symbol of corruption.

Because Altman himself effortlessly swims in a sea of friends and associates, he finds it easy to make movies that do the same thing, and what's amazing is not how many characters there are in «Nashville» (more than 25 significant speaking roles) but how many major characters.

With more than 25 major speaking roles, the film is a kaleidoscope of interesting characters and equally fascinating situations.

Richard Gere delivers a bravura performance in his title role of a Duddy Kravitz - style hustler, especially in a wordless early sequence that speaks volumes about his character.

While the same can't be said for Mirren, whose character could have been played more convincingly by a host of fine French actresses, she is very likeable in the role, speaking all of her lines in English with a regality and refined quality that has been her bread and butter for many a year.

Swinton is perhaps underused in a role that barely sees her speak; her character always retains a sense of mystery and is aloof, making her rock star persona - hinted to be eccentric in the vein of David Bowie - slightly implausible.

The stories of his method - like immersion in his great roles of yesteryear speak of total inhabitation of the character, of losing himself in someone else.

The Pop Culture Passionistas recently spoke with Kathy Bates about her role as the title character on the legal drama Harry's Law.

Kristen Bell fares just as poorly as the repressed stay - at - home mom who struggles to find her voice in her marriage, trying to drum up laughs in a bra - shaming sequence that is almost identical to the one she was involved in just in the last year in her role in the Melissa McCarthy vehicle, The Boss — that it's Kunis's character, the most fashionable of the three moms (the one with perfect hair, make - up and 5 - inch designer heels) who wears doesn't know her bra isn't sexy only speaks to the film's laboring to force comedy without build - up.

Frank Grillo has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about his Captain America: The Winter Soldier character Brock Rumlow, a.k.a. Crossbones, and reprising his role in the highly anticipated Captain America: Civil War.

There are also good performances from supporting characters Miranda Richardson (The Bachelor, Merlin), Lisa Marie (Burton's wife, who has a habit of showing up in small roles in his films), Michael Gough (Alfred from the Batman movies), Ian McDiarmid (Restoration), Christopher Walken (Blast From the Past, The Rose Hotel), an unbilled cameo by Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones (Ravenous, Stuart Little), and a surprising decent Caspar Van Dien (The Omega Code, Starship Troopers), probably because the amount of spoken time allotted to his character was kept at a minimum.

«Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.» lead actor Clark Gregg spoke with Comic Book Movie about his return to the fan - favorite role of Agent Coulson, and whether his character's safe from death a second time.

The whole idea is flush with theatrical potential (the roles are even double - cast, à la The Wizard Of Oz), which is apt, given Dickens» own comments on his creative process (he claimed his characters spoke to him) and the lifelong obsession with the stage that stemmed from his early days as a failed actor.

When she spoke to Backstage about her role in the play «Reasons to Be Happy» in June, she said, «That's usually the first thing I do when I'm approaching a character.

Generally, this would be a tough role to play since you can't speak much but having already worked with Nicolas on a similar character, did it come any easier to you?

He once again takes on his soft spoken fatherly role, although the character of Sloan has a much meaner streak running through him.

In a way, one can make the connection to the film itself, in which Tilda Swinton agreed to play the role of Marianne if her voice is never heard, giving her character a throat surgery recovery angle that effectively makes her play the entire role with body language, save for a few choice moments when she must speak, albeit in a nearly inaudible whisper.

Keating spoke with nostalgia towards his new role: «It's been a true honour to help bring Postman Pat's singing voice to life,» he said, adding «I grew up watching Pat and all the great characters in Greendale so I can't wait to take my kids along to see them all on the big screen,» via Metro.

Soft - spoken and a touch awed, Michael Stuhlbarg still can't believe the good luck he had in 2009 to land the role of a character cursed with Job - like fate.

Collider spoke with actor Joel Kinnaman about his role as the titular character in the «Robocop» reboot and why a reboot makes sense.

The cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor (as the lead character), Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt and Paul Giamatti, who recently spoke about the film and his role in it, while doing press for another upcoming film he has, the horror comedy John Dies at the End (which will be available on VOD on December 27th and in theaters on January 25, 2013).

Speaking to Screen Rant to promote the home - entertainment release of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Gillan has revealed that when she first accepted the role, she had no idea how integral her character would go on to be with regards to both the Guardians films and Infinity War:

And the star recently spoke candidly with Radio Times about her character, as she explained how proud she was to be taking on this momentous role: «I'm the first woman of colour to have a prominent role in the Star Wars legacy.»

At the film's recent press day, Speedman spoke about his creative collaboration with Egoyan with whom he worked previously on Adoration, how Egoyan wrote the role specifically with him in mind, why he was drawn to the complicated character and enjoyed the challenge of an enigmatic story, the backstory he created for his character, his research with the Kitchener - Waterloo detectives, working with Reynolds and Dawson, how they had fun while doing serious work on a dark movie, and his upcoming films: October Gale, a romantic thriller with Patricia Clarkson, and Out of the Dark, a horror - thriller with Julia Stiles.

He did such a phenomenal job with that role, and so fully understood the tenor of that period, and the almost musical quality of how that character needed to speak and move in Far from Heaven.

Though the actor is terribly miscast in the role, he's hardly to blame for some of the script's more perplexing decisions — like having his character narrate the story as if he's a detective in a film noir, or the fact that he barely speaks a lick of Japanese despite being the military's expert on the local culture.

In fact her function is borderline insulting, not simply to the few Japanese characters who actually do get speaking roles, but to those of us who are even decent at reading body language and facial expressions.

During an interview with SciFi Now (via Reddit), Oscar - winner Brie Larson has been speaking about her upcoming role as Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, discussing her interpretation of Carol Danvers and the character's motivations and abilities.

This opening shower pretty well sums up the entire thrust of the Megan character, whom Sean and Nick eventually help; the only other requirements for the role are screaming, crying, and passing out, without ever speaking a word (that is, not until there are only 15 minutes left to go).

All lessons are fully differentiated by colour Purple = lower ability Blue = middle ability Yellow = higher ability Red = most able These resources cover the following areas of act 1: - Context - Imagery analysis - Analysis of sonnet form - Language, form and structure analysis - Opportunity for role play / speaking and listening - Analysis development and practice - Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities - Character and theme presentation - Soliloquy analysis and comparison - Homework tasks Resources to support the teaching of act 1 are also available and are all meticulously planned and fully differentiated.

Resources include opportunities to: - assess understanding - analyse stage craft - analyse character and theme - explore context - perform the play and key scenes - speaking and listening and role play - develop inference and empathy skills

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When I spoke to Kenichi Ogasawara, producer of Dynasty Warriors Next and franchise veteran, he was suitably humble about his role in creating the instantly recognisable character, which was considered quite an aesthetic departure when the first Dynasty Warriors, a PSOne beat -»em - up, debuted.

The voice acting in particular really struck a chord with me, and it's funny how characters with so few speaking roles can nevertheless have such a presence in the game, conveying a sense of emotion and despair to great effect.

Speaking from a Mario sense this character has been in nearly everything, from simply party games, to sports events, to platforming adventures, all the way to racing and proper role playing game adventures.

Apparently minor speaking roles like shopkeepers are not included, but «low - level» characters one rung above are included in that figure.

Working with videographer Patrick Kelley, her characters — all roles usually played by the artist — move through her black - and - white scenery and speak in poetic verse written by the artist.

I wanted to take Poor Richard, a disembodied character that speaks from a position of wisdom and authority, and turn him into a negative role model engaged in shameful, disgusting behavior.»

This year, women make up 42 % of all speaking characters and 27 % of behind - the - scenes roles like creators, writers, and producers.

Played by the artists acting multiple roles, their characters speak in poetic verse filled with wordplay and puns to tell stories that imagine unrecorded histories.

Sivero's cause of action is based off of the supposed theft of his one - dimensional stereotype in the 1990 Scorsese classic, which Matt Groening et al turned it into a one - dimensional cartoon character that has since had a speaking role in the Simpsons for a grand total of 15 episodes.

Your main roles and responsibilities will include... * Speaking with clients to gain a full brief on vacancies so that you fully understand the duties of the role, the skills required to fulfil this role and the right character and culture fit for the organisation.