gauntlet

Cooper runs the full acting gauntlet - veering from vulnerable to furious, cocky to distraught.

Manchester City and Liverpool have also been given a fairly tough gauntlet of games, with both sides drawn against 15-time winners Real Madrid.

This season, they’re slated to play on the road four times in a six-week stretch, with a trip to South Bend right in the middle of that gauntlet.

Shortly after taking over Paramount, new Chief Executive David Ellison threw down the gauntlet — he wanted his studio to be the top destination for the most talented filmmakers and artists in the business.

It was a striking cameo which lays down the gauntlet to Thelin to pick him from the start in Bucharest next week.