Does Being Typecast Hurt Your Career? Ask These Actors

The Dorky Shy Guy

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Playing George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development launched Michael Cera into fame. His baby face helped him continuously be cast as the shy and awkward teen in Superbad and Juno. But that’s basically the only role he’s ever played.

As Cera gets older, it’s becoming harder and harder to buy into his infinitely geeky teen (now college age) character. But the actor doesn’t let being typecast get to him. He just wants to have fun. He said, “The question, of course, with doing movies is if I thought that would be a fun thing to do…that’s basically, all that decides it, it’s kind of obvious.”