Mr. Caan adopts the growly, reluctant coach character familiar from numerous movies with this same structure, and the boys deliver their klutzy, cutesy moments.
She is said to have inspired the beatnik-turned-reluctant-model character played by Audrey Hepburn in legendary fashion film Funny Face (1957).
Throughout the nuptials, I played the dutiful role of "reluctant partner", a character that came quite naturally.
"I think he felt a little reluctant about his character," Admiral Hannifin said, "but I told him that in 1942, the only job a black could have in the Navy was as a steward.
Ms. Reichl based the Reluctant Gourmet, a character who turned up in her Los Angeles reviews, on the man in her life who most dislikes accompanying her to upscale restaurants, but in a way it is Ms. Reichl herself who seems like a reluctant gourmet.
Arthur, who will somehow establish freedom for England by being declared its king, is a worrier as well as a warrior, and Mr. Owen brings a certain wariness to the role, as if he were, like his character, reluctant to commit the full force of his charisma to a cause he doesn't quite understand.
Oddly, Vapnyar depicts this almost lurid exultation with a decorousness that seems as withdrawn and reluctant as her characters are engaged and inquiring.
As he progresses, the reluctant pilgrim encounters characters ranging from the caricatured (John Goodman's gregarious provider) to the contrived (Kelly Reilly's unfeasibly glamorous recovering addict), with Bruce Greenwood and Don Cheadle serving as dramatic bulk to keep things balanced during flight.
The actor truly plays a "reluctant jester," as the character has been described by the author Harold Bloom.
