leading character
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The set is the centerpiece of a movie studio that is itself a leading character in Hollywood lore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
“When the transition is made from side character to leading character, we think a lot about what story it is we’re trying to tell,” the showrunner and executive producer Jess Brownell explained.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
“It’s really cool to be able to play a leading character like that,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
But the Jackson hearings feature a new leading character: Janice Rogers Brown, a former judge on the federal appeals court in Washington where Jackson now sits.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
The persons are sometimes anonymous, sometimes are named while the name is not celebrated; more frequently the tribal culture-hero, demiurge, or god is the leading character in these stories.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
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