Cast as
Name
Name verb - To give a name to.
Both terms in one sentence
- They're rarely brought up except for one woman, who only answers to "Thirteen." Even after she's hired and joins the cast as a regular, nobody says her actual name.
Source: No Name Given / Live-Action TV -
Neither got the part, and a no-name actor who looked nothing like O'Halloran was instead cast as Dante for the failed pilot.
Source: Your Costume Needs Work -
Appropriately, he was cast as Michael Collins in the film of the same name—Collins was called "the Big Fellow" for his height.
Source: Creator / Liam Neeson
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