Sentences with phrase «lead roles in a film»

Greig was nominated for a BIFA for her lead role in the film TAMARA DREW, directed by Stephen Frears.

Granted, Hollywood still has a problem of creating substantive female lead roles in films it wants to release in more than nine theaters, but at least this is something of progress.

And with General Okoye fast becoming a fan - favorite character in both Black Panther and her brief appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, it would be great to see her take on the lead role in film about the Dora Milaje.

I said, «Holy shit, I got the lead role in the film.»

If you didn't know, the leading role in the film, detective Hercule Poirot, is featured in a series of books by the late author.

Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) has been the only one cast to tackle the leading role in the film up until this point, so I wonder if she'll still own the role if this film ever gets going.

Affleck will be playing the lead role in the film with Jon Hamm [also stars in the hit TV show Mad Men] playing the agent in charge of the investigation for Ben Affleck's character.

Julianne Moore plays a washed - up actor trying to get the lead role in a film about her mother, a star from the bygone age.

With over forty years of acclaimed cinema to his name, Allen has long refrained from taking lead roles in his films.

The Predator has been filling out its cast, and recent rumors claimed that Conor McGregor had been offered the lead role in the film.

«Dheepan» marks his first leading role in a film (after a supporting part in the 2011 Indian film «Sengadal»), but his commanding screen presence suggests it will not be his last.

Character actors are supporting actors who are usually skilled at playing interesting or unusual characters, but not usually the lead roles in a film.

Jordan played the lead role in the film, which was based on the real - life story of Oscar Grant, who was fatally shot by a BART police officer in Oakland, California, in 2009.

Malone hasn't had a decent leading role in a film since 2004's Saved!

Blythe Danner, with Sam Elliott in «I'll See You In My Dreams,» is celebrating 50 years in the business with her first leading role in a film.

Denzel Washington is reportedly being pursued for the lead role in the film adaptation of 80's TV show, «The Equalizer.»

Zoë is taking the next step in her career with taking the lead role in the film «Raze».

Mr. Holmes by Hope Madden The last time the great Ian McKellen donned the lead role in a film for director Bill Condon, he was rightfully nominated for an Oscar.

Twenty Seven years since Lily Tomlin has taken a lead role in a film.

The pictures document the people, kids and friends he was interacting with during this period, many playing leading roles in his films.

Imagine you are a director casting a lead role in your film.

Not exact matches

It's an odyssey that led actor Leonardo DiCaprio to obtain the film rights to Bushnell's life for a possible movie starring DiCaprio in the lead role.

12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the film, while the movie's lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation «Emma.»

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Sir Andrew has also composed new music for a film version of Evita which, against his better judgment, starred Madonna in the lead role, and has produced his own version of Jesus Christ Superstar on stage and home video that he feels finally, at long last, captures his true vision of the piece.

The TV exposure led to acting roles for Jimmy, as a regular on Daniel Boone, and in feature films, including his debut in the James Bond flick Diamonds are Forever.

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His acting career started with a small education film, which lead to starring roles in memorable movies and television shows, including the 1993 Disney classic, Cool Runnings, and the hit Fox television series New York Undercover.

It was during this time, in 1993, that Keiko made animal stardom when he «played» a leading role in the hit film Free Willy, which tells the story of a boy who befriends and eventually releases a captive orca.

Oscar nominations were announced yesterday morning, and shockingly, Jessica wasn't nominated for anything this year, despite the fact that she appeared in leading or supporting roles in at least three extremely Oscar - buzz - worthy films in 2014.

After shooting to global fame for his role in the original Hangover film, Bradley has gone on to become one of Hollywood's hottest leading men.

She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic

Credit: Brian Bowen Smith via TV Guide of 6 Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion February 2011 TV GuideStana Katic and Nathan Fillion February 2011 TV Nathan Christopher Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor, known for his lead role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, Caleb...

Despite an interesting premise and excellent cast, the film flopped, but Arquette continued to work steadily the following year, with lead roles in the black comedy Goodbye Lover; Stigmata, in which she starred opposite Gabriel Byrne as the unwitting target of a supernatural phenomenon; and Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, a film starring Arquette's then - husband Cage as a burnt - out paramedic.Following the weightiness of the creepy Stigmata and the disturbing Bringing Out the Dead, Arquette took things in a decidedly lighter direction with her next two projects.

The film was less than a success, but it did nothing to prevent Kinnear from getting the lead role in the 1996 comedy Dear God.

She appeared in a string of independent films throughout the 1990s, in addition to all the aforementioned Di Cillo titles; she had the lead, opposite Anne Heche, in the acclaimed Walking and Talking (1996), written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.

As for Biggs, he may have been unsuccessful in everything he's tried outside these films, but he's well - suited to this bungling lead role.

She also posed for a well - publicized layout in Playboy which, coinciding with the film's release, certainly didn't hurt her growing popularity.While Basinger's career took off after Never Say Never Again, and she appeared in several major hits (including The Natural, 9 1/2 Weeks, and Batman, the latter of which led to a brief romance with pop star Prince), quality roles tended to elude her.

She made her film debut in the Welsh - set comedy Valley of Song, but was too direct and intense to fit comfortably into leading roles in 1950s British films.

The film follows its naive heroine, Tracy (Amanda Bauer), who drives across the country from Wisconsin to live with her boyfriend Mark (Jack DePew), who has booked a lead role in a major film.

Trying hard to play against expectations, writer - director Michael O'Shea casts a black teenager in the lead role of an urban vampire film.

Though passed up for the lead in the former film, Leto made an impression in a supporting role as an arrogant yuppie doomed to be the first victim of vapid serial killer Patrick Bateman.

He went on to play wisecracking leading roles in such «B «s as Night of Terror (1933), The Nut Farm (1935) and The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1935); the critics paid no heed to these minor efforts, though they always showered Ford with praise for his supporting roles in films like John Ford's The Informer (1935) and Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943).

In 1996, Arquette had lead roles in a number of films, most notably David O. Russell's Flirting With Disaster, in which she played Ben Stiller's put - upon wifIn 1996, Arquette had lead roles in a number of films, most notably David O. Russell's Flirting With Disaster, in which she played Ben Stiller's put - upon wifin a number of films, most notably David O. Russell's Flirting With Disaster, in which she played Ben Stiller's put - upon wifin which she played Ben Stiller's put - upon wife.

In 2002, Oedekerk found himself in the leading role of a feature film again when he cast himself in a pet project, a parody of low - budget martial arts films entitled Kung PoIn 2002, Oedekerk found himself in the leading role of a feature film again when he cast himself in a pet project, a parody of low - budget martial arts films entitled Kung Poin the leading role of a feature film again when he cast himself in a pet project, a parody of low - budget martial arts films entitled Kung Poin a pet project, a parody of low - budget martial arts films entitled Kung Pow!

Jordan rips into the role with a ferocity that his previous roles, especially as the lead in Coogler's film Creed, wouldn't have suggested.