characters

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James and Ronaldo appear together looking less like sports stars and more like characters from the X-Men or Justice League.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

There’s a vocabulary and a shorthand in how characters are depicted in TV series, especially in crime thrillers where the police-procedural aspects are supposed to embellish the characterizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The film — where Jessie Buckley plays three characters, each with their own frenzied personality — may be tonally imbalanced and, at times, utterly befuddling.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Since the first season, Kripke has kept an open-door policy with his actors, giving them an opportunity to voice concerns about their characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The video game characters blur together, tripping me up just long enough for Autumn to go in for the kill.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer