Genre Typecasting

Genre Typecasting

Genre is a way of catorgarising films, music, games, etc. These genres include, Action, Thriller, Adventure , Romance, Comedy, etc. Films can fall into one of these categories giving it a genre.

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Actors can be associated with certain genres. This is known as genre typecasting. Actors that get typecast  can find it hard to do different genres of film as they have been totally attached to the genre they are typecast to. An example is Orlando Bloom. He has been typecast to Fantasy.

He is seen always in a film linked to fantasy. He plays the character which generally is the most skilled in his trade. Being typecast has forced Orlando into starring in Fantasy, period films for example: Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

 

Another actor who has been typecast to a genre is Simon Pegg. Pegg has been typecast to comedy and is rapidly becoming one of the best in the business. He is best known as Sergeant Angel in the film 'Hot Fuzz'. This helps film companies to make their money as if you see Simon Pegg's name in the title you know it will be a good laugh so you will purchase tickets to go see it. However he has been able to begin to break free of his type cast by appearing in different film offering comic relief to the otherwise serious film. For example he has stared in many new action films such as M.I. Ghost Protocal and the new Star Trek films.

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