In the thoughtful booklet notes, he writes that the works are "first and foremost, character pieces," not mere exercises.
Theories abound about Cooper's true identity, but the best yet pegs him as Hollywood's foremost character with a murky past: Tommy Wiseau.
Arindam Chaudhuri apart, Deb's foremost character is Esther, a young woman who has fallen into a life of diverse sorrows.
In fact, the press of time is built into the movie, foremost through the character played by Allen himself, Jerry, a former classical-record executive and avant-garde opera director who is now retired and is miserable in retirement.
Robbins is widely credited as the foremost practitioner of "integrated" Broadway choreography — dancing that filled in character and advanced plot — in contrast to the just-dance vaudeville dances from which musical comedy sprang.
Krusoe's sure and subtle imaginings of such characters — yearning, isolated and finally enigmatic — place him among the foremost creators of surreal Americana.
"In the days of ancient Greece, many centuries ago, we Amazons were the foremost nation in the world," Hippolyte explains to her daughter in "Introducing Wonder Woman," the character's début, in a 1941 issue of All-Star Comics.
Grant's penchant for conveying his characters' feelings with mannerisms, rather than direct emotions, has been one of the foremost objections raised against his acting style.
The Warsaw ghetto was the foremost example.
