Sentences with phrase «minor roles in some films»

She has a history of playing similar characters or having more minor roles in films, but as Joanne, Shannon shows strength and an ability to really take on a hard role head on.

Ant - Man & the Wasp, meanwhile, will introduce not one but two iterations of the Wasp also set to appear: Janet Van Dyne's arc in the sequel is one of the film's most closely - guarded secrets but Marvel Studios executive producer Victoria Alonso did tease that Pfeiffer was actually on the set of Avengers 4; Evangeline Lilly, for her part, has cautioned that her own version of the Wasp only plays a minor role in the film.

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It's a minor shock to listen to Bill Bradley in a New York Knicks team film as the camera pans to the crowd's expressions while he wonders if his real role is to provide an opiate for them.»

After playing minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood, she became a teen idol starring as the character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006.

Taking on minor film roles beginning with 1979's Hairspray, the burgeoning young actor would subsequently appear in such films as Milos Foreman's Ragtime (1981) and Woody Allen's Zelig (1983), though early struggles with alcohol and substance abuse threatened to sideline his screen career in the mid -»80s.

A minor diplomat before he turned to acting, Hale began appearing in minor film roles in 1934, showing up fleetingly in such well - remembered films as the Karloff / Lugosi film The Raven (1935), the Marx Brothers» A Night at the Opera (1935) and the first version of A Star is Born (1937).

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).

I think the film is pretty good but doesn't really stand out because it's too polished - the gangsters have gentlemanly attributes, far from Cagney's more realistic portrayal, and for all their pre-Code banter, the romantic exchanges lack real passion, with the exception of Mae Clarke (in a minor role), whose reaction when she's jilted is quite good.

After spending much of his primary and secondary school education in an alternative arts school, he studied film at New York University.Louiso began his career with minor roles in such films as Stella (1989) and Billy Bathgate (1991), the latter of which provided him with an introduction to Tom Stoppard, who was the film's screenwriter.

Following more minor film work, he landed the role of a British bouncer in the successful indie flick Party Girl (1995), which also starred nascent indie queen Parker Posey.

In the former film, she appeared as the quiet, capable love interest of Tony Shalhoub's struggling Italian chef, while the latter featured the actress in the minor but poignant role of a painfully - awkward schoolteacher who is seduced by John Travolta's libidinous Presidential candidatIn the former film, she appeared as the quiet, capable love interest of Tony Shalhoub's struggling Italian chef, while the latter featured the actress in the minor but poignant role of a painfully - awkward schoolteacher who is seduced by John Travolta's libidinous Presidential candidatin the minor but poignant role of a painfully - awkward schoolteacher who is seduced by John Travolta's libidinous Presidential candidate.

The biggest problem with the film is that the marketing for it makes the viewer believe that the classic video game characters will play a key role in the film while they honestly have minor cameos.

The film, also titled Youth in Revolt, is adapted from the book by screen writer Gustin Nash who made a minor splash last year with Charlie Bartlett (our review), directed by Miguel Arteta and stars Michael Cera in the title role of Nick.

In movies, Crawford made the rounds of the studios in one - off roles, usually in relatively minor films such as Submarine D - 1, Undercover Doctor, and Eternally YourIn movies, Crawford made the rounds of the studios in one - off roles, usually in relatively minor films such as Submarine D - 1, Undercover Doctor, and Eternally Yourin one - off roles, usually in relatively minor films such as Submarine D - 1, Undercover Doctor, and Eternally Yourin relatively minor films such as Submarine D - 1, Undercover Doctor, and Eternally Yours.

Now superstars of comedy with Hollywood at their feet, both had their first, minor film roles in Tomorrow Night, alongside another comedy titan of the future, Louis C.K.

Perhaps expectations might have played a role as to why surprise like Cherish has become a minor favorite of mine and an expected success like The Darwin Awards is a disappointment, In this outing, Taylor seems like he's trying too hard to be clever, and though his imagination is admirable, as a comedy, his film falls short regardless of whatever direction he manages to take it, primarily because it goes everywhere and nowhere at once.

John Landis, a director with a great sense of film history and surely a Psycho fan through and through, appears in a minor role as a radio show producer.

Films in which he only has a minor role will mostly rank low, and films in which he has little more than a cameo will receive unranked honorable mentions — and even then only if they are noteworthy.)

Pitt, who produced the film, has a minor role in «12 Years a Slave» and Fassbender is in a supporting role, and both are White, while Black actor Ejiofor appears in virtually every scene in the film.

After a few minor roles, Reeves received a more sizable role in the 1986 drama film River's Edge, which depicted how a murder affected a group of teens.

And started working in film as supporting actor and minor roles that most people even couldn't notice.

Aside from writing, directing and editing his films, Sayles can be spotted in minor roles in his own Lianna, Matewan and City of Hope.

For the men in the film, only seen in minor roles, the emphasis is in protecting their own best interests regardless of the impact it might have on the victims.

Goon star Seann William Scott returns in the lead role as Doug «the Thug» Glatt, who in the first film went from bar bouncer to enforcer for a minor league hockey team.

After a few minor TV roles, Day - Lewis got his first big credited role with a tiny part in the 1982 film «Gandhi.»

Top - billed Sophia Loren has what is basically a cameo role, as producer Carlo Ponti, her husband, put her in the film in a minor role solely for box office value.

She has had minor roles in dozens of films, but her performance here as LaVona Harding establishes Janney as a true movie star.

Pete plays a minor role in Doubutsu no Mori (film).

Noah Wyle was a television actor known for E.R., and the Gyllenhaal siblings, Seth Rogen (in his film debut) and Jena Malone were still relatively unknown aside from a few minor TV and film roles.

Black Panther doesn't quite have an actor who fits that profile (Forest Whitaker comes closest, but his role within the film is probably too minor, while Lupita Nyong» o's role might be too quiet to attract Academy voters), but it does have an up - and - coming movie star, in a major supporting role, who gives the kind of flashy - but - deep performance that actors love.

After a minor role in last fall's Reese Witherspoon comedy, Home Again, Bergen carries a more substantial role in the film.

However, after briefly feigning ignorance, Smits conceded he has a minor role in the Gareth Edwards film.

Revolori is somewhat a newcomer to the film industry; the only film of note he has been a part of is 2009 ′ s «The Perfect Game», in which he only had a minor role.

The Daily Show former correspondent has been making strides in minor roles of major films.

Resetti has a minor role in Doubutsu no Mori (film).

The Stones have played minor roles as MacGuffins in many Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and those assorted plot threads are all building up to Avengers: Infinity War, a film in which the ownership and location of the Infinity Stones will become vital to the safety of the Universe.

Sensenig is best known for his role as The Sampler in «Upstream Color,» while Leak has a minor role in the upcoming film «Insurgent,» the sequel to «Divergent.»