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She later said she took a break because she hated being typecast in roles with a gentle and innocent image.
He was tall and typecast himself as a western villain.
However, it typecast her in comedy roles with a degree of innuendo.
He claimed in interviews later that he left not wanting to be typecast.
It was for this well-reviewed role he was typecast as the wasp-tongued, supercilious sophisticate.
As has been said, football supporters have been virtually disregarded because of the behaviour of a tiny minority of fans, and have been typecast as gorillas and inhuman people.
In any group of people there are a wide range of behaviours and abilities, and we typecast any group of people at our peril.
The areas and the perpetrators are not typecast, and neither are those who have to put up with them.