Word of the Day: Typecast
For some actors, being typecast is a guarantee of work for their entire career.
For others, it is the death knell for their future acting prospects.
Typecasting an actor means always giving them the same type of role to play because they do it so well or are physically suited to that part.
When an actor is typecast, they are always given the same type of role to play either because they do it so well or are physically suited to that part.
Last night Rambo: Last Blood was on TV here in Wakayama.
It was interesting to see Sylvester Stallone as a fit, and still dangerous, older man.
Then I got to thinking about how being typecast was a Godsend for him.
In a movie, Stallone could never be cast as an office worker or some other white-collar job.
Sylvester Stallone is Rambo, and Rambo is Sylvester Stallone, and no other actor could play that role.
He is the image of the Rambo franchise and benefitted from it throughout his career, even when he was cast for other parts.
Many actors were not so lucky.
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The one that first comes to mind is Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone movies.
His career died because of being typecast.
Then we have Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.
If you look at his Wikipedia page, you’ll see that any acting he did after Star Wars is classified as ‘other work,’ signifying he never did much after putting the light sabre down.
Next, I’ll bring up Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
He has been so typecast that every time you look at his eyes, you’ll see Frodo looking back at you: one role.
Culkin’s life has since fallen apart, but I think Mark Hamill and Elijah Wood still benefit from their iconic roles.
It just goes to show, though, that being typecast usually sucks for an actor if they want to branch out.
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