Does Being Typecast Hurt Your Career? Ask These Actors

The Foreign Assassin

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Being typecast isn’t a modern-day phenomenon; actors of past decades have fallen into the same rut as well. Hungarian actor Peter Lorre found success in Hollywood without even speaking English by playing the role of a European assassin in such classics as The Man Who Knew Too Much and Casablanca.

Truth be told, Lorre was a phenomenal actor, but he just couldn’t break away from being cast as a foreign villain. In most of his roles, he managed to be frightening and funny at the same time. Despite his labeling, he still managed to reach legend status after playing a child murderer in M.