protean

He’s given the film’s starring role to Frank Dillane, who delivers a career-launching, protean performance as the lively, moody, violent Mike.

There’s much more to the book than that, including a reflection on the protean musical genius Brian Eno, whose work has involved cybernetic ideas for more than half a century.

Strangely enough, turning death into an invisible force as opposed to some night stalker with a protean face dissolved some of my usual apprehension.

To capture Dylan in all his multifarious splendor, writer-director Todd Haynes cast six actors to portray different aspects of the songwriter’s protean genius.

And this Orlando is played by the protean writer and performer Taylor Mac, who delivers the line while cutting a resplendent androgynous figure in shiny red boots and white, vaguely Elizabethan garb.