Does Being Typecast Hurt Your Career? Ask These Actors

The Sage

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With his distinct baritone voice that instantly commands respect, Morgan Freeman can usually be seen in authoritative roles, like someone’s mentor, the president, even God. He plays the guy that all the other guys go to for advice.

If he has to be typecast, though, Freeman is happy he’s been typecast as the “guy with gravitas.” He said, “If you have to make a choice about what box you’re going to be in, and you usually have to make a choice, I just think that’s the better box.”