typecast
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Faison: For a long time it was very difficult as an actor to do anything else other than comedy, because you could get typecast.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
“I was typecast to the point where I didn’t make a film for five years after ‘Harold and Maude,’” Cort told The Times in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
O’Hara, who died Jan. 30 at the age of 71, wasn’t expressly typecast in maternal roles over the span of her five-decade career.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
He had a prolific career but struggled with feeling typecast, he told BBC News Igbo back in 2021, which made him turn to content creation as a way to find more freedom.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Dead tired, I imagined, of the arguments, of the disapproval, and of being typecast.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing typecast
Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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