reprise
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Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci will also reprise their roles for the highly anticipated movie, whose predecessor last year finally received a cosign from Anna Wintour.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
The demand for actors to reprise their most famous roles for the sake of dredging whatever value — read: money — is left from the property has to die, along with this reboot.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Casting George Hamilton instead of making Duvall an offer he couldn’t refuse to reprise his role as Tom Hagen, the loyal, level-headed consigliere of the Corleone family, doomed “Part III” before the cameras even rolled.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
She would reprise the role in the film's sequel, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," which featured a cameo from Donald Trump, decades before he would become US president.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Before Chapter Eleven, in a reprise of Desdemona’s gender prognostications, began wearing a tiny silver spoon around his neck.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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