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The series updates — by more closely following Highsmith’s tricky, nasty novel — a film that’s widely beloved, and does so with a leading man whose reputation is for suffering sweetly.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 May 2024
Blue's Clues first premiered on Nickelodeon in 1996, starring Burns as leading man Steve.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Farmer Wants a Wife's season 2 finale episode brought fans into the moment where the leading men chose between their final two women, asking them to join them on the farm.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20man. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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leading man
noun
: an actor who plays the leading male role in a play or movie
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