Sentences with phrase «typecast in»

Thus unfolds Run All Night, the latest high - octane offering from Liam Neeson who's again typecast in a role that he's become closely associated with ever since his phenomenal performance as an overprotective parent in Taken.

The daughter is Stephanie (Zoey Deutch, whose natural charm, even in roles as thankless and generic as this one, hopefully will not result in her being typecast in such thankless and generic roles).

Britt Robertson however, steps back into The Longest Ride, Tomorrowland type role she has become typecast in.

Where Doctor Strange falls short is in the recently troublesome superhero «big bad» and despite the presence of esteemed actor Mads Mikkelsen (who sadly has become a bit of a villain typecast in recent years), the purple eyed Kaecilius, who wants nothing more than to meet a world destroying entity is anything but the adversary the unique Stephen Strange deserved, while the previously mentioned nature of this following the playbook origin story isn't breaking much ground in the way it tells the story of a man at his lowest finally realising his true potential.

At a superficial glance, Freeman is a plain sort of fellow who won his early acclaim playing a plainly charming office employee, so it's not entirely surprising that he found himself somewhat typecast in «everyman» roles once he made the jump to film.

Sally Hawkins is pure window dressing, having nothing of consequence to do at all, and Elizabeth Olsen has found herself in another uninteresting damsel in distress role (it's like the distressing moments of Martha Marcy May Marlene and Silent House typecast her in the completely wrong direction).

Celebrities may risk ruining their careers if they are strongly typecast in a particular role.

Benjamin Bratt seems to be getting typecast in these drug cartel movies, but he delivers the goods.

GU: What's interesting is that producers, directors and writers tend to typecast me in terms of whatever movie they've seen me in most recently.

She would be typecast in this kind of role until around 1934 when she gave breakout performances in Manhattan Melodrama and The Thin Man.

Though initially typecast in comedic roles — including a small turn in Old School (2003), a contribution to Tracey Ullman in The Trailer Tales (2003), and work on MADtv — American character actor Simon Helberg quickly branched out into diverse genres.

In fact, he's always been typecast in a way that overshadows his skills in the paint.

One gets very quickly typecast in these things.

Well, yesterday Variety published a video of Washington talking with comedian Aziz Ansari (who deals directly with issues like minority typecasting in his show, Master of None), in which she told the story of being fired from two TV pilots because she wasn't «hood» or «urban» enough.

As producer / star he pushed against typecasting in the 1991 medical thriller Extreme Measures, where he was excellent as an ER doctor who uncovers a ghoulish conspiracy involving exploitation of the homeless.

He was a lover of art, a doting father, and a man that seemed content with his typecasting in the Horror genre, despite being a loveable, kind, and giving soul in real life (a far cry from some of the wicked men he portrayed on screen).

One challenges her reputation for no - frills sangfroid, while the other embeds that typecasting in its premise.

Not exact matches

But while the variety of locales and experiences in the region may vary widely, the travelers there can be typecast into four different groups, according to Sabre and The Futures» «The Polarisation of Asian Travelers» study.

In the end, Grapes gets his comeuppance, but the situation is so contrived, and starts from such a misogynistic place, that it's difficult to understand why Cherry would let himself be typecast to this extent.

While originally typecast as financially dependent teens, today's Millennials include young adults in their 20s and 30s.

But Tahir built up his chops by acting in plays while waiting for film and television roles to trickle in, and turning down parts when they felt too much like typecasting.

A cynic might suggest that this mistake and its subsequent popularity represent a deliberate attempt to typecast and discredit a woman whose role in the gospel story is so critical and so revolutionary that the eastern orthodox Church refers to Mary Magdalene as equal to the apostles.

Like many early meat alternative brands, it was relegated to a corner in the refrigerated case of supermarkets and health food stores, «typecast as being just for «alternative» diets,» says Lahrman.

Foster plays a Running Back who had some minor run - ins with Johnny Law but is really talented despite being a distration - the only way it would of been more realistic to real life is if they threw in a backstory of him having a literal hamstring made out of EZ Cheese and Gak, but Foster is likely wary of typecasting which is why he played a good running back.

Back in the day some four years ago when Hein and I were actually speaking to each other, I suggested the newly - minted executive guard against typecasting himself with self - serving repetition.

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Extremely busy in the 1920s, Steers usually played professional men, doctors, lawyers, and politicians, typecasting that continued well into the sound era, albeit in much diminished circumstances.

Supporting performers add colour, although Stanley Tucci is in danger of being typecast as campy and effeminate.

The part was somewhat indicative of Ineson's typecast, not from the standpoint of obnoxious characters, but from the standpoint of aggression; time and again, he came to specialize in playing dominant, outspoken, Type A personalities.

Bing Crosby is typecast as popular singer Johnny Cabot, a teen idol who enlists in the military and falls in love with twins (both portrayed by Betty Hutton).

An additional cop role, in The Seven - Ups (1973), followed, but by this point, Scheider had reportedly grown concerned that he would be pegged and typecast as a policeman and decided to branch out with an offbeat turn in the romantic comedy Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975).

In films from 1936, he was usually typecast as an abrasive, cigar - chomping detective, gangster or machine politician.

In films from 1952, thin - necked, crew - cutted Alvy Moore was typecast as snoops, unwanted suitors and general, all - around pests.

After being typecast as a gangster he gradually expanded the scope of his roles, and, in the»40s, gave memorable «good guy» performances as in a number of psychological dramas; he played federal agents, scientists, Biblical characters, business men, bank clerks, among other characters.

Volver is an extravaganza in which Cruz has detached herself fully from her typecast roles of sexy neighbor, to a leading film actress.

Sandler is a actor who has become one of the most typecast actors in the world today but his personality really works in this film.

In films, however, the shifty - eyed, weak - chinned Rice was forever typecast as malingerers, wastrels, back - stabbers, and modern - day Uriah Heeps.

Though often consigned by Hollywood's typecasting system to workaday villain roles, Kenneth Tobey has not be forgotten by filmmakers who grew up watching his horror - flick endeavors of the 1950s; he has been afforded key cameo roles in such latter - day shockers as Strange Invaders (1983) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and in 1985 he reprised his Thing From Another World character in The Attack of the B - Movie Monsters.

On the positive side, both Gable and Harlow are in roles outside of their usual typecasting, including Harlow with her natural hair color.

Nick DeMaio is an aspiring actor who is perpetually typecast as «Gangster Number 3» in films about the Mob.

The lead actors are typecast, with Ferrell being goofy SNL - style, Vince Vaughn doing the loudmouth jackass thing he did so well in Swingers and Made and Luke Wilson acting as the straight man like in Bottle Rocket or Legally Blonde, but the refreshing thing is how the three play off each other.

Typecast once again as a gangster — this time in real life — Nick has to prove his mettle, both onstage and off.

For instance, first the Little Miss Perfect virgin Corey (Liv Tyler, still wearing her schoolgirl outfit from the Aerosmith video «Crazy») has her plan to offer herself to sleaze idol Rex Manning (a typecast Maxwell Caulfield) blow up in her face, then Corey's best male friend, A.J. (Johnny Whitworth), ruins what they have by telling her he loves her, then the filmmakers decide, out of the blue and halfway through the film at this point, that Corey is addicted to diet pills.

Druggie underworld informant Huggy Bear (a permanently typecast Snoop Dogg) makes a couple of unfunny appearances that serve mainly to mock the rapper's marijuana - smoking, convicted - murdering persona, and the truism that the best parts are in the trailers proves astonishingly prescient.

Each actor is always typecast and plays it «safe» when it comes to making choices in their movies, but this film is a complete role reversal and shows what they are capable of doing.

In between mugging for the camera and reciting flat dialogue with the stunned cadence of the damned, the boys try to collar dealer Reese (Vince Vaughn) and his low class mistress Kitty (a permanently typecast Juliette Lewis).

An attempt by director Philip Kaufman to fashion a big - screen reboot — entitled «Planet of the Titans» — had just fallen apart in the face of studio disinterest, leading to the development of «Star Trek: Phase 2», a TV series featuring the original cast with the exception of Leonard Nimoy, who didn't want to be typecast as Spock.

Although she had shed one typecast, she gained another in being labeled «the perfect wife.»

But in the story department, Disney continues to paint by the numbers, using the same group of typecast characters.

In the aforementioned framing device, Ben Whishaw, playing a far too soft and obsequious Melville, shows up at the inn of pickled, traumatized Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson, typecast) one dark and stormy night seeking raw material from the former Essex cabin boy for his upcoming novel about whalers.