Sentences with phrase «starring role in the movie»

Amidst allegations of abuse and decades of denials, Allen still continues to work in film, tapping big names for starring roles in his movies and still garnering support for fans and audiences.

On the complete other end of the spectrum, Bill Murray's first starring role in a movie was also the first film to be directed by Ivan Reitman, who would go on to direct Murray in Stripes and Ghostbusters.

Apparently, neither Jedis nor the Force will have a starring role in this movie, though there's been whispers about a Darth Vader cameo.

I mean I was a supporting actor until three years ago, and now I've got a starring role in a movie with Chris Walken, and am working on another with Abigail Breslin.

Start your hike at Griffith Observatory - which you might recognize from its recent starring role in the movie La La Land.

Start your hike at Griffith Observatory - which you might recognize from its recent starring role in the movie

The five - bedroom, three - and - a-half bathroom Victorian property played a starring role in the movie, and has barely changed since.

Not exact matches

Félix starred in more than 47 movies and defied stereotypical roles for women in film.

Plus, with a role in an «X-Men» sequel on the horizon, it looks like Oscar Isaac is truly about to become a huge movie star.

In 2010, Bullock got her first Oscar win for her starring role in the cheesiest movie ever madIn 2010, Bullock got her first Oscar win for her starring role in the cheesiest movie ever madin the cheesiest movie ever made.

It's an odyssey that led actor Leonardo DiCaprio to obtain the film rights to Bushnell's life for a possible movie starring DiCaprio in the lead role.

12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the film, while the movie's lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.

Through Harpo, Winfrey has also taken an active role in a variety of movie and theatre productions including Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Beloved, which Winfrey also starred in.

The actress was hot off her breakout role in «The Wolf of Wall Street» and searching for movies that could be star vehicles for her when she came across Rogers» script.

Of course, firstborns also are represented in the entertainment world, but here is an intriguing fact — many firstborn movie stars (including Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and every actor who's played James Bond) chose macho roles.

The movie, which stars @ellefanning in the title role, features Booth as a Romantic poet.

Yvette Vickers, a former Playboy playmate and B - movie star, best known for her role in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, would have been 83 last August, but nobody knows exactly how old she was when she died.

The pair famously pooled money from mowing lawns as children to buy a Super 8 video camera, and proceeded to remake movies they saw on TV with neighborhood children in the starring roles.

Tom Hanks, the only actor in the movie that I recognized, and supposedly the star of the movie, filled the role of God who believed in the innocence of the the convicted prisoner, but could do little about it, because of the choice of the evil unbelieving people.

Barton and his work were also featured prominently in former «Growing Pains» star Kirk Cameron's movie «Monumental,» about the role of religion in American history.

Farmiga, who starred opposite George Clooney in the hit movie «Up in the Air,» told CNN that she began panicking during preproduction, as the magnitude of the undertaking - simultaneously directing and playing the lead role, lots of child actors, and 25 scenes that included music - became clear.

In an interview with Total Film, Mark Wahlberg says that J.J. Abrams asked him to portray James Kirk's father in his first Star Trek movie, the role that eventually went to Chris HemswortIn an interview with Total Film, Mark Wahlberg says that J.J. Abrams asked him to portray James Kirk's father in his first Star Trek movie, the role that eventually went to Chris Hemswortin his first Star Trek movie, the role that eventually went to Chris Hemsworth.

Bit players in the movie of his life, in which he has the starring role.

Brian won a primetime Emmy Award for his starring role in the HBO movie «Carmen on Ice.»

But Lil Rel also plays a role in the Uncle Drew movie starring Kyrie Irving, and Howery shared a moment on the red carpet ahead of the Oscars on Sunday about when Irving found out he was traded to the Boston Celtics.

Her sleek bow and pristine white hull were surely what made her Hollywood's choice for the starring role in the 1958 movie - travelogue Windjammer.

Young Ghanaian rising actor, Abraham Attah, has received yet another award, this time the rising star award, from the Black Film Critics Circle for his role in the movie, «Beasts of No Nation».

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

The top ten men continue to out - earn their female counterparts by a huge margin — $ 488.5 million compared with just $ 172.5 million — a disparity Forbes attributed in part to the preponderance of superhero movies and action blockbusters that offer few starring roles for women.

His acting career started with a small education film, which lead to starring roles in memorable movies and television shows, including the 1993 Disney classic, Cool Runnings, and the hit Fox television series New York Undercover.

Hollywood's interpretation of Spinosaurus landed a starring role as the main menace in the movie Jurassic Park III.

Tarantulas, the hairy spiders that stole movie scenes and won hearts in popular films like «Home Alone,» «Raiders of the Lost Ark,» and «Dr. No,» take a starring role in a new study that reorganizes their group, reclassifying the majority of 55 known tarantula species and adding 14 new ones, including the creepy - crawly named for Cash.

After losing 35 pounds for her role in the latest Star Wars movie, she spoke out against society's obsession with physical appearance in saying, «We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane.»

During his film career, Adkins has been cast in mostly direct - to - DVD movies like the two Undisputed sequels, Assassination Games, Ninja, however he finally got to get a bigger role in Stallone's ensemble cast testosterone - packed movie «The Expendables 2» and star along other great action stars like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, the all - powerful Chuck Norris, Jean - Claude Van Damme and many others.

Benson, known for her role as Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars, has also starred in the movie Spring Breakers alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez.

Most movie stars, especially in Hollywood are usually required to get ripped for a role, which isn't a small feat, but Aamir first needed to gain weight and only then get shredded.

Creating a «Got Yoga» media campaign featuring athletes, movie stars, and other recognizable personalities telling their stories about the role of yoga in their life.

Kidman took refuge in the theater, and landed her first professional role at the age of 14, when she starred in Bush Christmas (1983), a TV movie about a group of kids who band together with an Aborigine to find their stolen horse.

Matthew McConaughey sports a cancerous tan and an agreeable grizzle in the role, but provides nothing that really appeals beyond a bland movie - star charm.

After being named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1998, he landed the role of his father in Steal This Movie, the historical biopic starring Vincent D'Onofrio as»60s activist Abbie Hoffman.

No recent movie about The Troubles gives the audience the emotions, the pure hatred between the two forces, with the impact of «' 71,» the credit going not only to Jack O'Connell, known to us mostly for his role as the rebellious prisoners in «Starred Up» (never mind that the dialogue was largely indecipherable), but also to director Yann Demanage for setting up realistic seeming fight scenes, a series of breathless chases, and a sense of neighborhood that Demange found not in present day Belfast but in the English town of Sheffield.

In 2002 Desmond completed a starring role in the Joel Silver produced horror movie, GHOST SHIP, which was released by Warner BrosIn 2002 Desmond completed a starring role in the Joel Silver produced horror movie, GHOST SHIP, which was released by Warner Brosin the Joel Silver produced horror movie, GHOST SHIP, which was released by Warner Bros..

As they begin to convert their modest Long Island home into a white statue - laden mansion, the first order of business is to construct a haunted house for Halloween to impress their working - class neighbors, who are portrayed by movie stars and comedians in cameo roles.

Along with some familiar faces from his oeuvre and several welcome new ones necessitated by partial Quebec funding, we get appearances by actual (if reliably idiosyncratic) movie stars — some just briefly glimpsed (Charlotte Rampling), others flitting through in multiple short roles (Maria de Medeiros, Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier), still more dominating their strands (Amalric).

After starring with a pre-Clueless Alicia Silverstone in the 1994 TV movie The Cool and the Crazy, Leto was cast in his first big screen role in How to Make an American Quilt (1995).

Jones managed to work consistently in movies from then on, with bit parts in Mike Judge's comedy Office Space (1999) and Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999), as well as a starring role in Barry Levinson's praised but little - seen nostalgia piece Liberty Heights (1999).

Other TV shows followed, including guest starring roles on «Hill StreetWell known for his seamless and varied characterizations, Oscar nominated actor David Paymer has starred or co-starred in more than 40 motion pictures, several television movies and countless television series.

She starred with Olympic champ Tara Lipinski in the made - for - TV movie Ice Angel and has turned in supporting roles in Panic and The Princess Diaries.

Occasional starring and supporting roles in made - for - tv movies were also part of his repertoire during the 1990s and 2000s.

Within a year, she made her television debut as a female police detective in the pilot for a short - lived crime drama entitled Dog and Cat; in 1978, she landed the starring role in the made - for - TV movie Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold, appropriately playing a beautiful Southern girl who comes to Los Angeles in search of stardom.