Sentence examples for period roles from inspiring English sources

The actor's slightly imperious manner and timeless face suited period roles.

I don't want people to assume I can only do period roles.

Filmmakers have continued to cast her in period roles, in films like "Wilde" (1997) and "Sunshine" (1999).

Winslet solidified her burgeoning reputation for taking period roles by portraying Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's production of Hamlet (1996).

"I'd say, 'What, you want me to improvise?' And he'd say, 'Yeah, yeah – and maybe make it funny.'" What's with all the period roles?

Bonham Carter continued to appear in period roles, playing Ophelia in Hamlet (1990), Helen Schlegel in Howards End (1992), and Elizabeth in Frankenstein (1994).

Eventually, though, in 2007, along came a plum period role in the shape of The Tudors' Anne Boleyn and her profile has steadily risen ever since.

It's a real problem when an actor's boldest, most earnest efforts in a period role turn him into a buffoon for the audience.

She and the other performers (three men, two women) go through several changes of costume, some of which hint at period role-playing (crowns, bonnets, veils).

Here are edited excerpts from the conversation: When you take on a period role, as you've done with "Gold" and "Barbara," do you approach it differently?

James is surely a perfect fit after playing the demure period role without a trace of irony in her most recent big screen outing, as the servant girl who finds she can, after all, go to the ball.