Sentence examples for pass on the role from inspiring English sources

Katie Finneran, who won a Tony as Marge MacDougall, will pass on the role to Molly Shannon next month.

More recently, Philipps had to pass on the role of Elizabeth, the high-strung agent in Malcolm D. Lee's "Girls Trip," because of a family vacation.

Always pass on the inside.

John Travolta was the original choice to play the title role, and admits passing on the role was a mistake.

By taking on the Evil Queen role, Theron is passing on the opportunity to play a major part in Clint Eastwood's star-studded upcoming film 'J.

Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando both passed on the role.

Mr. Kenwright previously approached Ethan Hawke and Tobey Maguire about Tom, but they passed on the role.

"[But] Quentin passed on the role of Guy Lapointe [as he] had no interest in acting at the moment.

He has since passed on the role to British teenager Tom Holland and hopes future portrayals will explore the character's gender and sexuality without sticking to conventions.

Gates acted as Microsoft CEO until he passed on the role to Ballmer in 2000, relinquishing his day-to-day duties at the company in 2008 to focus on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic organisation with a $38 billion endowment.

This stuff is simply too important to turn down for an ill-advised Educating Rita remake in which he plays opposite Emilia Clarke, Idris Elba having passed on the role.