Edmondson's casting in the role followed a trend remarked upon by television critic Jim Shelley, who noted a tendency of Holby City producers toward hiring already well established actors, including Jesus of Nazareth star Robert Powell and actress Patsy Kensit.
Charles Kay, who played Pendleton, was a well established character actor who had appeared in Fall of Eagles (1974), I, Claudius (1976) and The Devil's Crown (1978).
A trained architect, Hardwicke is a well established production designer.
Actor Charles Brunton originated the role of Squidward, later recalling that he loved the character, and the "fun [of] trying to re-create a well established cartoon character into a live performance on stage".
To gauge how an actor's voice would fit with a character, Lasseter borrowed a common Disney technique: animate a vocal monologue from a well-established actor to meld the actor's voice with the appearance or actions of the animated character.
Juliano, by then an established actor, often helped his mother.
Dilip Kumar, an established actor in the Hindi film industry, had originally expressed an interest in playing Birju, which Khan found agreeable; Dilip Kumar agreed to play Shamu as well.
He's already an established actor so it's kinda weird but whatever... congratulations! pic.twitter.com/bsnu8wdcwk.
Depardieu was well established as a versatile actor even before this role.
Jackman was an unknown actor at the time, while a number of more established actors offered their services for the role, with Singer casting Dougray Scott.
"In fact, the success of the Batman films has been above and beyond what anyone would have expected from a superhero film, and if you look at it, it's clear that Bale was cast first and foremost because he's an actor – he's very well established in the industry, and very well respected by his peers.
