Sample Sentences fortypecast (editor-reviewed)
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After her breakout role in the comedy, she was typecast and kept getting offers to play the “funny best friend” instead of the lead.typecast = repeatedly given the same kind of role
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Many child stars struggle when typecast as innocent characters, finding it hard to land adult roles later.typecast = seen as only one kind of character
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After playing a villain in three movies, the actor worried about being typecast and never getting heroic roles.typecast = repeatedly given the same kind of role
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When Alex had first come to the bench, she'd thought that being a relatively young, moderately attractive woman was a good thing-a vote against typecasting-but on mornings like this, she wasn't so sure.† (source)
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I thought we could get Lana Weinberger to play her, but Lilly said that would be typecasting.† (source)
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