#lead roles

[thatpollguy]

Did you ever have the lead role in a school play?

Yes, more than once

Yes, once

No, but I had a different role

No, I've never taken part in a school play

Voting ended onFeb 21

[lol-jackles]

We rarely see actors who played lead roles on long running tv shows take up another lead role immediately after the show has ended. David Boreanz and Michael Weatherly are two names I know and now Jared Padalecki ( there might be many but my TV is limited). But why is that ? Is it because they have made enough money so they don't have to rush immediately or they take time to choose their next project because it has to be a compelling like their previous one? I know you have said that being be a TV lead is stressful. Is it that? I know some go off to do movies. Is it by choice they don't want to take up TV lead roles again? I hope my ask made sense.

Combination of reasons:

1.  Half the time it’s because their new pilot shows weren’t picked up or cancelled after the first seaon and disappeared down the memory hole.

2. From the 1980s through 2000s, tv lead stars tried to make it in movies, partly for the prestige and mostly for better work schedules.  Filming schedules for one hour tv series is hellacious.  Even half hour sitcoms filming schedules are not walk in the parks, stage actress Cindy Williams found filming Laverne & Shirley to be taxing and eventually left the show.  Tom Sellek said he’s “not complaining” about being a lead during Magnum P.I, “but it was a tough road”.

3. From 2010 to present, movie actors are transitioning to television and taking jobs from regular tv actors.  Producers promise the movie stars shorter tv seasons to spare them the usual hellacious tv filming schedule.  Actors who are movie stars but not leading men or ladies are now offered to lead their own tv series and a shot at the A-list: Karl Urban's The Boys. Walton Goggin's The Unicorn, Rosario Dawson's Briarpatch, Awkwafina's Nora from Queen,  Anna Kendrick 's Love Life,  Stephen Dorff''s Deputy,  ]Josh Hutcherson's Future Man, Claire Dane's Homeland, Natalie Dormer's Penny Dreadful City of Angels,  Billy Bob Thornton's Goliath. 

4. Blacklisted, informally and formally.  Informal - word of mouth between producers prevent actors from finding work.  Formal - actors are contractually obligated not to appear in television for a specific number of years.

So with that said, here’s a list of lead actors with mutiple shows off the top of my head...  

Nathan Fillion - Firefly, Castle, The Rookie.

David Boreanz - Angel, Bones, Seal Team

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad, Your Honor.

Tom Sellek - Magnum PI, Blue Bloods.

Tim Allen - Home Improvement, Last Man Standing.  

Thomas Gibson - Dharma & Greg, Criminal Minds.  

Kerry Washington - Scandal, Little Fires Everywhere

Ted Danson - Cheers, Becker, CSI NY, Good Place.  

Scott Bakula - Quantum Leap, Enterprise, NCIS New Orleans.  

Willian Shatner - Star Trek, TJ Hooker, Boston Legal.

You'll notice that these lead actors are playing similar archetypes regardless of genre category.

[shawnxstyles]

EXCUSE ME AH

[supercrazybooknerd]

Picture this: A movie/tv show about pirates and thieves and etc... the Main Protagonist/Character is female... and this is a scene in the movie/tv show:

Some Male MC: You’re a scoundrel! (Or something along those lines)

Female: *Says the iconic traditional pirate line of: I prefer dashing rapscallion

[the-color-of-an-ordinary-day]

for the ordinary days and hamilton fans

HI GUYS SO Y'ALL KNOW THE KEEN COMPANY CAST RIGHT?

They were the first NYC revival of Ordinary Days, running last year so they be rlly important.

Okay, so you know Marc dela Cruz? The one who played Jason?

He played Alexander Hamilton, the lead role in Hamilton, recently.

*screeches eternally*

Also, he's part Filipino, so I am very proud on both ends.

He's a great actor and also, like-

ahhh interests combine

[matteblackeye]

Make a fat woman the main love interest in a blockbuster film you absolute cowards. NEVER mention her weight you quivering amoebas. Make her personality and character nuanced and interesting without being ashamed and apologetic of the shape of her body you drooling nincompoops.

[cruzinwithhorrorstory]

Ryan Murphy Reveals Three Leads for 'American Horror Story' Season 8!

Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, who have been seen in every season of the show, will return alongside Kathy Bates. The news comes after Kathy‘s Netflix series Disjointed was canceled.

“Kathy and Sarah Paulson have a lot of great stuff to get to do,” Ryan told EW. “So, with Evan Peters, the three of them are the leads this year.”