Sentence examples for refusing the role from inspiring English sources

Given Mr. Lemon's exploration of racial stereotypes and expectations, it was hard not to think of black American artists who have performed facing away from the audience, refusing the role of entertainer even as they entertained.

Such actions bespeak a bright young man refusing the role of the victim.

She refuses the role of the quietly treacherous interviewer, preferring to remain the spunky heroine of her own drama".

You could refuse the role, but that would be ungracious and perverse; you might as well turn down a medal.

Sidney Poitier initially refused the role of Porgy in the 1959 film (calling it "not material complimentary to black people"), but later succumbed to Hollywood pressure.

After Pierce Brosnan was offered – and then refused – the role of Bond, Timothy Dalton stepped into Moore's still-warm girdle to take over.

Margaret Rutherford, who played Madame Arcati on stage and on screen, was herself a believer and initially refused the role because she saw the play as an attack on spiritualism.

The M.I.T. economics department became famous for collegiality, in no small part because no one else could play prima donna if Mr. Samuelson refused the role, and, of course, he did.

Former Manchester United chief executive Gill announced at a Uefa Confederation meeting on Thursday that he would refuse the role is Blatter beat Prince Ali bin al-Hussein in the Fifa presidency election on Friday despite being chosen to sit as Britain's Fifa vice-president.

If the King of Thailand is calling me, no, I stay in my room – cutting, cutting, cutting …" Stallone reportedly said that Van Damme refused the role because he didn't want to lose a fight to Jet Li, although this suggestion is vigorously denied ("Bullshit!").

Smith, who is not a horror fan, initially refused the role, calling the script "horrific".