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As a force-of-nature newcomer vying for a big-screen break, Margot Robbie is all frantic energy, while Brad Pitt deploys his star wattage to great effect playing a famous leading man just cresting the peak of his career and starting on the way down.
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Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Neymar had served his time at the Camp Nou, was more than justified in wanting to be the leading man rather than a supporting actor.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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Reacher will team up with DEA Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy) who, if the story follows the book, will also be our leading man’s romantic interest this time around.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Streaming Sunday on Paramount+. Thornton is hardly the only brooding leading man this week.
—Sarah Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Neymar had served his time at the Camp Nou, was more than justified in wanting to be the leading man rather than a supporting actor.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Apple Mail Warning For Billions Google Security Alert As Backdoor VPN Threat Confirmed
Reacher will team up with DEA Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy) who, if the story follows the book, will also be our leading man’s romantic interest this time around.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Streaming Sunday on Paramount+. Thornton is hardly the only brooding leading man this week.
—Sarah Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20man. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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