Sentences with phrase «sidekick role of»

Same goes for a terrific Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole) in the sidekick role of Willard so memorably originated by the late Chris Penn..

Not exact matches

But if they can play the role of trusty sidekick, reducing the peak power load on tired batteries — the very thing that shortens their life — we could all benefit.

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).

Taking along his Irish sidekick (Rory Cochrane - in one of his best roles) who's suicidal after having seen (and done) far too much, they head off on a dangerous journey with a west point graduate (Jesse Plemons) in tow.

Together Rick and Holly go to explore a potential rip in the time - space continuum, which just happens to be inside a funhouse ride manned by redneck scam artist Will (Danny McBride, keeping up his yearlong streak of scene - stealing sidekick roles).

Every part where Kate wasn't in a lead role i liked, I really did not like the girl however and most of her scenes, especially those with her sidekick are extremely jarring.

Every part where Kate wasn't in a lead role i liked, I really did not like the girl however and most of her scenes, especially those with her sidekick are extremely

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.

Guy Ritchie's reboot of the 1960s espionage series is oddly cast — Henry Cavill may be Superman but he's hardly a household name, while the last time Armie Hammer took the sidekick role, in «The Lone Ranger», the results were disastrous — but we're sure Ritchie will deliver a crowd - pleasing romp.

Guy Ritchie's reboot of the 1960s espionage TV series is oddly cast — Henry Cavill may be Superman but he's hardly a household name, while the last time Armie Hammer took a sidekick role in The Lone Ranger, the results were disastrous.

Naomie Harris is the bigger surprise on the cast list, seemingly content to come straight from Moonlight, where she tackled a meaty role full of depth, to being female sidekick in a monster movie.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Even up and comers like the incredibly versatile Tom Hardy, who plays rogue MI6 member Ricki Tarr, and the strangely appealing Benedict Cumberbatch, who tackles the role of Smiley's newly appointed sidekick Peter Guillam, get in the action bringing to life this tense political thriller.

Corden himself «auditioned» for various sidekick roles for Reynolds but none of them seemed to stick — not even a vulgar version of Iceman.

Martin Freeman has grown into the role of Bilbo Baggins even more comfortably this time around, but without a hobbit sidekick like Samwise to bounce his fears off of, he doesn't say much and he fades into the background.

He is a very successful voice actor — he provided the squawks for Moana's chicken sidekick and was Duke in «Frozen» and Duke Weaselton in «Zootopia» — but he has also appeared on screen in a variety of roles, from «Firefly» to «A Knight's Tale.»

So, in a nutshell, here's where we're at with Captain America: Chris Evans is our hero, Sebastian Stan is his sidekick, Buck Barnes, Atwell is his leading lady and Hugo Weaving is still working out the details to take the role of the film's villain, Red Skull.

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.

Adam Carolla's brand of humor is particularly suited to the role of the sardonic sidekick or comic foil in talk - show situations.

While Depp did not hold the title role, instead playing the Lone Ranger's loyal sidekick Tonto, he still took top billing and a lion's share of the marketing over The Social Network's less experienced Armie Hammer.

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.

For those of you who did not, please take note that, despite both McCarthy and Haddish playing raunchy sidekicks, their roles could not be more different.

What this movie gave me that many others already did was the role of the slightly psychotic evil sidekick, Burke (Michael Fassbender).

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.

Justin Bartha gets the usually thankless role of the sidekick but proves to have a knack for comedy and timing without being grating or out of place.

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 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.

Black Widow played a quintessential sidekick role... and also was very respectful of Wanda Maximoff's choice to date a robot.

She plays the role of Lorna, sidekick to the series hero, and she's determined to make a name for herself.

Bleszinkski took control of Marcus while a developer backstage took the role of his sidekick, Dom.

Generally, women in games fell into one of very few set roles; be it the damsel in distress or scantily dressed sidekick, these were the parts the characters had to play and the players had to endure.

When Issun quit Okami HD due to «creative differences» with Ametarasu, Tingle was hired to assume the role of irritating sidekick.

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.

There's also an innovative but tricky co-op mode which puts player two into the role of Astal's bird sidekick.

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.

Instead of direct battle, the two sidekicks offer support roles — Moira can blind enemies by shining her torch in their faces, and will smack them with a crowbar if she absolutely has to, while Natalia is able to sense hostile creatures, spotting them through walls and allowing Barry the option to stealthily sneak up on any would - be assailants.

He has painted the gas chamber, Hitler and his sidekicks, the rotten history of Belgium's colonial past and its relationship with Africa — in particular Belgium's role in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first post-independence prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1961.