The phrase
"eponymous role" refers to a situation where a person plays a character in a movie, show, or play, and that character has the same name as the actor or actress playing it. In other words, the actor's name and the character's name are the same.
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The film wouldn't work quite as well as it does without a force in
the eponymous role, and Robbie quickly proves herself as the star of the show.
Those parts, by the way, are equally impressive, with Saoirse Ronan giving a phenomenal lead performance in
the eponymous role and her supporting players stepping up to match.
Taking on
the eponymous role, Perry goes out of his comfort zone, but he's more credible in drag as his infamously mouthy, gun - toting Madea creation.
McConaughey is great in
the eponymous role and you may be surprised to learn that he spends most of the film with his shirt on.
Well, not exactly — the series will star House alum Hugh Laurie in
the eponymous role of Dr. Eldon Chance, a neuropsychiatrist who gets «sucked into a...
Starring activist / writer Anthonythasan Jesuthasan in
the eponymous role, he's a refugee from Sri Lanka, where he was a Tamil Tiger in the civil war that saw his battalion wiped out and his... Read more»
Though Gerwig's mainstream debut could be traced back to No Strings Attached, most probably know her from
her eponymous role in Noah Baumbach «s Frances Ha in which she was nominated for many accolades, including Best Actress in Motion Picture Comedy or Musical at the 2013 Golden Globes.
Undoubtedly his greatest role, O'Toole received his first best actor nomination for
his eponymous role in this 1962 movie.
British actress Lily James (subject of AWFJ's March SPOTLIGHT) Jumps from her TV success in Downton Abbey) to the big screen, taking
the eponymous role of the downtrodden young girl who — with the help of a magical fairy godmother — ends up winning the heart of the aptly named Prince Charming (Game of Thrones star Richard Madden).
Dan Stevens is a dream in
the eponymous role, guiding us through Adam Wingard «s hallucinatory and unapologetically violent landscape with the cold - hard gusto of a seasoned pro, forcing smiles, guffaws, sneers and drop jaws in equal, calculated doses.
With the latter, players assume
the eponymous role of Max Payne, a cop whose family gets killed and this causes him to cross over into vigilante mode, working outside the law.
In this game, players will assume
the eponymous role of a wolf, and work their way through the open world.
The exhibition comes at the same time as Mike Leigh's anticipated and award - winning film on Turner starring Timothy Spall in
the eponymous role.