leading character
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“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
“So many times throughout this process, I’ve definitely had moments where I’m like, ‘Am I out of my mind by having this person to be our leading character?’
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023
“It’s really cool to be able to play a leading character like that,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022
“It was a very sweet leading character to play, because the character doesn’t know what’s going on and I didn’t either.”
From Washington Post • May 6, 2022
Direct perception of truth is its leading character.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)