Sentences with phrase «roles as a romantic lead»

David has more on Rickman's remarkable life and career here, and Megan looks at his roles as a romantic lead here.

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Good quality photos are important, because the dater's aim is to, so to speak, win the «role of the romantic lead» in the story of somebody's life, and as such it's important to stand out from the crowd.

Though inclined to stoutness — and baldness — from age 16 onward, Alexander had such a commanding stage presence that he was invariably cast as the star in school plays, in roles ranging from romantic leads to elderly character parts.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

The actors aren't all well cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.

Momentum Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Half Magic, the feature directorial debut of actress Heather Graham, who also stars in the film in the lead role as «Honey».

After a couple of supporting roles (and I literally mean a couple, like 2 — including another job with Woodley) he emerges here as a breakout star that has far more going for him than simply romantic lead.

Singh plays the character with aplomb in what is certainly a career - defining role for the actor who is more often cast as the romantic lead in mega Bollywood productions.

In the last couple of years, he's gone from the romantic lead in About Time to Konstantin Levin in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Anna Karenina; there's his leading role in the forthcoming Star Wars Episode VII; and there was the recent Calvary, in which he had a cameo as a creepy serial killer enduring a prison visit from a priest played by his father, Brendan, an experience he found «really cool».

Having played supporting roles in most of his previous films, Domhnall found the chance to show off his potential as a leading man in Richard Curtis» romantic comedy After Time with Rachel McAdams as his love interest.

The script doesn't really present him as one either, but Gruffudd more plays the role like an eighties teen romantic lead (and not even the kid from Real Genius).

«The Fault in Our Stars» will put him over the top to women and men everywhere as it'll be his breakout role as the film's male romantic lead.

Having played supporting roles in most of his previous films, Domhnall found the chance to show off his potential as a leading man in Richard Curtis» romantic comedy About Time with Rachel McAdams as his love interest.

It was Annette Bening in the leading role that drew him to the project, as well as the chance to play a rare romantic lead — though with the added twist he wanted.

Just as the roles started to dry up again, he played another seminal romantic lead in «Bridget Jones» Diary.»

As the straight - arrow Erwin, who's clearly interested in Nadine but has no idea how to snap her out of her various reveries, Szeto is a delight, as well as a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roleAs the straight - arrow Erwin, who's clearly interested in Nadine but has no idea how to snap her out of her various reveries, Szeto is a delight, as well as a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roleas well as a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roleas a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roles.

Cruz is fine even though her intended role as the romantic vixen to spark fireworks between the leads never pans out sufficiently to merit her inclusion.

He also overshadows some of the film's finer and more surprising features, namely the terrific debut performance by «Talk Soup»'s Greg Kinnear as a romantic lead and Ormond in another fine role, although the last commercial one in her career.