typecast
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Wary of being typecast, they have established themselves as versatile stage actors, making their Broadway debuts in “Sweeney Todd” and “Romeo + Juliet,” respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
Stamp, with his calm demeanor and pale eyes, proved such a successful villain that he feared he was becoming typecast as one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
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
A contemporary account describes the real-life Ka’iana as “near 6 feet 5 inches in stature, and the muscular form of his limbs was of a Herculean appearance,” which is basically typecasting for Momoa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
It's a bit of typecasting that stems partly from reality.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023
That one of his last roles was Zeus in the upcoming Disney+ adaptation of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” just seems like typecasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
The typecasting as wallflowers and frumps confused her.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
But it was different in the 1970s and '80s, when it was tough to get beyond the typecasting.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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