Where fans doubted he would be the protagonist in the biggest challenges, now they expect him to wave his wand.
That would be the protagonist of Kelly Florio Kasouf's loosely autobiographical children's series, "The Super Adventures of Sophie and the City," about an Oscar de la Renta-wearing tyke who explores the Condé Nast Building among other city landmarks (the author is the daughter of the former Condé Nast chief executive Steven Florio).
They would be his protagonists.
Had tragedy not struck, we probably would have seen more of the story of Phurba Tashi, a would-be protagonist on the precipice of breaking the world record for the number of times Everest's summit has been reached in one year.
Swimmer Michael Phelps, a would-be protagonist of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, made an appearance onstage, as did NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.
With so much talk revolving around influential scrum-half Long in the build-up, it was inevitable that he would be a key protagonist.
"I said, 'I'd love to write a big play on a big subject.' And Alex said, 'I've got a big space for a big play.' " Mr. Charman said that initially he thought Mr. Kasparov (played by Hadley Fraser) would be the central protagonist, but as his research proceeded, he realized that he was dealing with the equally driven Feng-Hsiung Hsu (played by Kenneth Lee), the principal designer of Deep Blue.
At the time that "Nepotism" was filmed, the writers and producers had not yet determined who would replace Michael Scott as the office's manager, nor whether that character would be the primary protagonist of the show.
Lucas began outlining the story; Anakin Skywalker rather than Obi-Wan Kenobi would be the main protagonist and the series would be a tragedy examining Darth Vader's origins.
A prime example of this would be Troy Maxson, the protagonist in August Wilson's poignant Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Fences (which had its world premiere at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut in 1983).
The cast is strong, but a stronger protagonist would be welcome.
