typecast

He purposefully turned down numerous romantic leads, not wanting to be typecast.

But he was typecast in the eyes of NFL scouts as a third-down, change-of-pace player, incapable of carrying the load as a bruising back running between the tackles.

Barker called time on Porridge after three series, fearing that he might become typecast as Fletcher.

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“I think she doesn’t want to be typecast in a way that’s going to hold her down in the future.”