Sentences with phrase «second banana roles»

For a while she has been a talented actress playing second banana roles in a number of Judd Apatow comedies (minus last year's abysmal «I Give It A Year «-RRB- and odd genre affairs, always stealing a scene here and there but never warping the entire movie around her greatness.

With Bayer Leverkusen central defensive organiser, Omer Toprak likely to be out until the end of the year after rupturing tendons in his left - hamstring during a pre-season friendly, the Rhineland outfit are desperate to plug the hole and after trying and failing to bring in Bayern Munich's Brazilian stopper, Dante — who seems quite content with a second banana role at the Allianz - Arena — «Werkself» director of sport, Rudi Voller will have to look elsewhere for emergency cover, maybe in the direction of Wolfsburg back - up, Timm Klose or Tobias Strobl at Hoffenheim.

Not exact matches

The bananas shown in the second photo above are very green, but after a day in a paper bag, they were flecked with brown and ready for their starring role!

John Early and Meredith Hagner as Elliott and Portia are marvels in roles that should be written off as second comings of Will & Grace's Jack and Karen, but are imbued with so much pathos and nuance that you're no longer merely infatuated with them as second - banana comedic relief, but instead endeared to their worst tendencies.

A theatrical performer and writer who's only broken into film and TV in the last few years, he has the distinctive look of a second banana — the kind of guy who would've had the role of Rich, not Denis, in a different production.

Holly Hunter's strong, nuanced work as a fretting mom in the former deserved a nod; don't even get us started about Tiffany Haddish, who's turned a second - banana role in Girls Trip into one of the funniest stand - out performances in ages.

The only person who leaves anything resembling an impression is Alec Baldwin in another second - banana role (see also: The Cooler, Outside Providence, and Glengarry Glen Ross) that steals the show right out from under Stiller phoning it in, Philip Seymour Hoffman transmogrifying into the ghost of Chris Farley, and Jennifer Aniston (as the titular Polly) doing the best she's capable, poor dear.