play the part
Example Sentences
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It's more unusual for a US actress to play the part, but Coward actually based the character on an American he'd met at a dinner party in 1921.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Waggoner sat down with the group to play the part of a skeptical justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
You have these opportunities, you read something, you hope you get to play the part because you believe in the story and you believe in the filmmaker and you believe in your co-star.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
He will join ITV Cold Feet star, actor and comedian John Thomson as Hook, while Gordon Cooper will co-direct and play the part of Dame Dolly.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
I wanted to play the part of Rufus because I live in the projects, too, and like him, I’ve never known my father.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
