Sentences with phrase «real comedy role»

Not exact matches

Though she wasn't necessarily known as a «method» actress to this point, Posey actually had real braces installed for her subsequent role in Waiting for Guffman and director Christopher Guest's popular dog show comedy Best in Show.

In 1999, Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, cast him as real - life adult filmmaker Artie Mitchell in the made - for - cable feature Rated X — a daring role, given Mitchell's drug abuse and sexual promiscuity — and the following year, Sheen became Hollywood's comeback kid when he was cast in the leading role of the popular situation comedy Spin City after the departure of actor Michael J.

She would play a memorable role on Don Cheadle's comedy series House of Lies, and co-produced and starred in an action - oriented romcom with Bradley Cooper called Hit and Run (which was written and co-directed by Bell's real - life love, Dax Shepard).

In 1987, she won the leading role in the fact - based comedy Personal Services, as well as a major supporting role in the Joe Orton biopic Prick up Your Ears, and the following year she starred opposite pop star Phil Collins in another comedy - drama drawn from real life, Buster.

All of these comedy duos and trios built characters around their real life personas, so it's sort of strange seeing other actors step into these roles.

Following the obscure single - season Fox dramedy «Get Real», Hathaway was cast in the lead role of the G - rated comedy The Princess Diaries, which became a substantial hit for Disney in the summer of 2001.

This is McConaughey's first real dramatic role in five years, following a string of comedies where it seemed he was content to ride his good looks and Texas charm until the horizon vanished.

The British actress has played high comedy (30 Rock), low comedy (The Pink Panther), demented drama (Match Point), and more demented drama (Lars And The Real Girl), bringing charm and class to every role.

The actor may have made his name in Disney's cheery High School Musical and since starred in comedies like Baywatch and musicals like The Greatest Showman, but he's finally ready to disturb us with a heavy role as notorious real - life serial killer Ted Bundy.

It makes sense throwing James Franco into the mix to anyone that has ever watched a stoner comedy like this before (not to mention his real - life friendship with Seth Rogen), but what is the purpose of having Miley Cyrus here to play a short - lived yet pivotal role other than for her to continue convincing the world that she's not Hannah Montana anymore and grown up?

The real sell here, at least for me, is seeing David Oyelowo in a straight - up comedy role.

The pair, who reprise their roles as undercover cops Greg Jenko and Morton Schmidt respectively in the comedy sequel, said working together didn't feel laborious because they are such good friends in real life.