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
Well, perhaps Federico Dimarco can be typecast as a full-back, or more likely a wing-back, but in Inter boss Cristian Chivu's 3-5-2 this season the Italian has the output of a winger or forward.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 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
Volpe does not like to typecast his actors, though in high school it is sometimes unavoidable.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The Duchess of Sussex will speak with historians and experts to "uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape narratives."
From Fox News ● Mar. 24, 2022
Our mythic democracy typecasts the Adamses as misfits, as poor representatives of a transformative idea that, even now, some lovers of country think of as divinely inspired.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2019
Along with pay issues, many filmmakers are looking for stories that move beyond female typecasts.
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2018
“The question is whether Jack Dorsey on the product side is willing to break some typecasts at the company and come in with a fresh perspective.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2015
He neither patronizes his Italian civilians, typecasts his G.I.s nor falsifies his combat scenes, which prove as taut as any fiction footage yet shot about World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other three stars of that show fought hard against that trope and typecasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Despite this typecasting, she would later go on to make her mark, first in theatre and then in various TV shows and films by the 1990s.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
That kind of typecasting never appealed to Hill.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Yet the controversy had the effect of typecasting Gurba as the impudent indie writer willing to torch the publishing industry to make a point about diversity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
How have you felt about typecasting in Hollywood and how has that affected your career?
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2022
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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