Sentences with phrase «roles as sidekicks»

Like Pulp, Gary King (Simon Pegg) was in his glory in the early 1990s, when he lorded over the sleepy English hamlet of Newton Haven as the big man on its (high school) campus — a leather - jacketed wild man whose pals were only too content to slip into their roles as sidekicks.

Not exact matches

The casting was sublime: Ryan Anderson as the jive - talking front man in an ill - fitting toupee, Tyreke Evans as the Special Man's sidekick (with nooooooo problem) and Anthony Davis in the lead role.

Scrawny and socially awkward, his only friend a fishy sidekick in a robot suit (David Cross), Megamind comes to own his outsider status; Metro Man just as easily slides into the role life laid out for him.

Brandis followed up with starring roles as a ringer for a girls» soccer team in Ladybugs (1992) and a weakling who lives his dream of practicing martial arts with Chuck Norris in Sidekicks (1993).

The Duke's real - life grandson Brendan Wayne turns in a supporting role as Quirt's sidekick, Randy.

Stiller is reprising his role as clueless male model Derek Zoolander, who in the film has a penchant for selfie sticks, and Wilson returns as his fellow model and sidekick Hansel as they attempt to put an end to a plot to assassinate the world's most beautiful people.

47 Ronin could have been a landmark of sorts in the advancement of Asian actors in the Hollywood mainstream beyond token and sidekick roles, but when the material they're given is as third - rate and lifeless as this, such gestures toward progress can't help but seem hollow at best.

Jimmi Simpson, who plays Liam McPoyle on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (among a host of other wonderfully creepy roles), has reportedly joined the cast as one of Lincoln's sidekicks.

Sherlock Holmes has, of course, been everywhere on big and small screens within the last several years — «The Judge» actor Robert Downey Jr. portrayed the detective, with actor Jude Law as his sidekick Watson, in the 2009 movie «Sherlock Holmes» and the 2011 sequel «Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,» while actor Benedict Cumberbatch took on the role for the BBC TV series, which is still running, with «Fargo» actor Martin Freeman as Watson.

Mark Wahlberg will reprise his role as immature John Bennett, alongside his not - so - cuddly teddy bear sidekick Ted (voiced by Seth), for the eagerly awaited follow - up, reported The Wrap.

Joining them in their endeavor is Chris Hemsworth, whose role as a moronic sidekick is an insult to everything he has done in the past.

Simultaneously, he uses his actors either imagistically or metatextually: the three leads embody their respective roles — hero, girlfriend, sidekick — almost deliberately as archetypes, while Fishburne trades on the gravitas of his past performances to offer a clear - eyed, authoritative counterpart who, perhaps not unlike Morpheus in «The Matrix,» challenges their naive ideas about the world around them.

Hopefully you won't miss the doctor's sidekick as she doesn't play much of a role.

The 39 year old has made his name in dramatic films with roles in movies like End of Watch, Shooter and Fury, so he was worried he would mess up as the sidekick of Ant - Man's alter ego, Scott Lang, played by Paul Rudd.

The movie marks the promising directorial debut of Beantown native Ben Affleck who cast his baby - faced brother Casey in the lead role of Patrick Kenzie and doe - eyed Michelle Monaghan as the private eye's sidekick / girlfriend, Angie Gennaro.

Morena Baccarin and T.J. Miller fill out the cast as their usual love interest and comic sidekick roles.

Truth be told we can think of several more suitable names for the role but Howard has said he's after a French actress, and with Tom Hanks» likely casting as Robert Langdon, Delpy might not be such a curious choice to play his brilliant and (rather fortuitiously) beautiful sidekick.

Kalani Largusa (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) examines the significance of Kato and the evolution of his role as the Green Hornet's sidekick.

Can't be Jason Statham in the lead, though, he's actually pretty badass, even though he's doing a poor man's Aragorn... Likewise, John Rhys - Davies is clearly cashing a paycheck by playing a watered down Gimli with a touch of Gandalf, but he's okay... Leelee Sobieski and Claire Forlani suck for sure, but at least they're easy on the eyes... Ron Pearlman is wasted in the nothing role of a sidekick who buys it halfway through, but he does what he can with what little he's got to work with... On paper, the idea of Burt Reynolds as the King is priceless, but he's not hilariously bad, he just looks bored and vaguely annoyed throughout...

Not exactly your best known superhero, The Green Hornet began its life as a radio serial, spinning off into comics and then a short lived 60's TV series with Bruce Lee in the sidekick role.

Additional guest voice cast includes celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Alton Brown as cooking competition participant Bolton Gramercy and host Yum Laboughé, respectively; Daniel Henney («Criminal Minds») and James Cromwell («The Young Pope») reprise their feature film roles as Hiro's brother Tadashi and Professor Callaghan, respectively; Susan Sullivan («Castle») as Fred's mother; John Michael Higgins («Pitch Perfect») as Fred's sidekick robot Mini-Max; Diedrich Bader («American Housewife») as pompous local TV reporter Bluff Dunder; Sean Giambrone («The Goldbergs») as Fred's geeky archrival Richardson Mole; Naoko Mori («Mamma Mia!

began its life as a radio serial, spinning off into comics and then a short lived 60's TV series with Bruce Lee in the sidekick role.

(For those who recall Depp in Jim Jarmusch's 1995 neo-Western Dead Man, this is essentially a role reversal, with him taking on the Gary Farmer part as a deadpan Native American sidekick to a clueless white man.)

Set in 1884, the film stars Alexander Skarsgard in the title role as well as Samuel L. Jackson as his sophisticated sidekick, Dr. George Washington Williams.

Real - life World War II hero Audie Murphy played himself in the film classic To Hell and Back in 1955 (Murphy also played several other roles in films throughout his career); and in relation to lighter subject matter, shock jock Howard Stern, as well as his sidekick, Robin Quivers, played themselves in the big - screen adaptation of Stern's book Private Parts in 1997.

When she introduces herself as such, she inspires curious pause from teachers at her Catholic high school, easy acceptance from her only friend Julie (Beanie Feldstein elevating the sidekick role to modest heights) but weird glances from outsiders.

As Igor, the boyish Daniel Radcliffe seems a little miscast when he's first seen with clown make - up and hunching his back, but once he cleans up, he brings a soulfulness to the sidekick role that has always been stripped of character and just relegated to a freak.

Even smaller, less remarkable roles are capably handled by familiar faces: William Daniels («Boy Meets World») strikes authority as the punitive commissioner, Rob Corddry («The Daily Show») is Chazz's smarmy children's ice theatre boss, Luke Wilson plays a counselor at the Colorado Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting, longtime Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter shows up late as a Mountie.

But while Saulnier has scored grim chuckles from the hapless maneuvers of amateur law - breakers, Blair — who also wrote the screenplay — cranks the dumbfuck - pratfall levels to wacky extremes: Lynskey, recognizably human in a role that puts her expert comedic timing to good use, is quickly surrounded by a rogues» gallery of cartoons, including Elijah Wood, channeling Dwight Schrute as an oddball Christian neighbor turned sidekick.

Hoping for a one - two punch at the box office, Jackie Chan returns in the Rush Hour franchise as Hong Kong Police Detective Lee along with comedic sidekick Chris Tucker reprising his role as Detective Carter from the LAPD.

Why He's About to Break Out: He has a high - profile role as Wong, a sidekick to Benedict Cumberbatch's powerful title character in the new Marvel adventure.

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.

Yogi's diminutive sidekick Boo Boo (a nasal Justin Timberlake in a role we can only assume was offered to him long before The Social Network made him a «serious» actor) serves his comedic purpose well, as does nature documentarian and love interest Rachel (a half - hearted Anna Farris) who bonds with Smith over their geeky shared love of nature.

Lovable, quirky and spots all over Dalmatians are famous for their roles in 101 Dalmatians and as firefighter sidekicks.

Most of the sidekick characters in Xenoblade Chronicles are fixtures of the storyline, hardcoded into missions, as fated to their roles as their classes, always reminding you when they're present with their combat call - outs, called «soul voices».

With that, his cast of friends, enemies, and rivals was ever - expanding, including love interest Amy Rose, his sidekick Tails (whose popularity led to his own spin - off title), and then most recently, a burly brawler from a lost civilization known as Knuckles the Echidna, a «friendly nemesis» who at the time was beginning to look like a potential break - out star in his own right with the upcoming costarring title role in Sonic & Knuckles, a game which had potentially revolutionary repercussions on the industry.

His role has fluctuated over the years, ranging from vehicle to ally to baby delivery man to tennis player, but Yoshi's role as one of Mario's choice sidekicks will never be forgotten.