The phrase "a complex cast of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a diverse and intricate group of characters or individuals in a narrative or situation.
Example: "The novel features a complex cast of characters, each with their own unique backgrounds and motivations."
Alternatives: "a diverse array of" or "an intricate group of".
In 1998 our reviewer, Erik Burns, admired the "many-layered narrative, in which a suitably complex cast of characters plays a dangerous game with fate".
Produced by small assemblies (or nuclei) of neurons deep in the brain stem, these molecules are projected throughout the brain to regulate the excitability and plasticity of broad neural networks via a fiendishly complex cast of receptor types.
Literally hundreds of thousands of tiny gold beads, each cast individually, have been found in the sands of La Tolita; and others, slightly larger, with granulated surfaces indicating the mastery of a complex casting process, have also been recovered.
The House at Riverton is set in World War I-era England and features a complex, fascinating cast of characters--with not just one, but multiple revelations at the end of the twisty tale.
The 2014 Cotton Club of "After Midnight" is more inclusive, and more complex: a cast of virtuosic black performers is in dialogue with a virtuosic white woman who could pass as a man.
They mainly consisted of focal areas of protein/carbohydrate complex cast formations in the distal tubules and early tubular nephrosis (data not shown).
Although not connected to the above-mentioned clusters, a protein cluster containing components of the translocase inner membrane complex (CAST cluster 13) associated with carrier proteins (CAST cluster 94), was retrieved as well.
A computer code was developed to simulate radiograph of complex casting products in a CAVETM-like environment.
He said that like other male characters, taken alone Connor may seem a stereotypical teen boy, but considered with rest of the cast offers a complex image of modern masculinity.
James tells the story from a range of perspectives, capitalising on a cast of complex characters and proving that, aged 89, she remains at the top of her game.
