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The presidential election showcased the Republican strategy of typecasting California and the Democratic Party as left of most of the country.

That kind of typecasting never appealed to Hill.

“I think when one makes a splash with a certain kind of role, one is typecast in that role,” Bates says, referring to the unruly, nonconforming characters that have defined her career.

But having proved himself in this very British subgenre, as in so many other types of roles, Kinnear does risk the danger, as Sewell, Strong and others have faced, of being typecast.

He purposefully turned down numerous romantic leads, not wanting to be typecast.