title character
noun
: the character in a book for which the book is named
the title character of the book Tom Sawyer
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Rust tells the story of a 13-year-old boy (Patrick Scott McDermott) who accidentally kills a rancher in 1880s Wyoming and goes on the run with his grandfather, played by Baldwin as the title character, Harland Rust.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Readers may remember the title character as a warrior woman with flaming red hair wearing a bikini made from armor.
—Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
Eastwood plays the title character, a man reluctantly drawn into the Confederate side of the Civil War after the slaughter of his family.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The performance that’s far and away most memorable here, aside from Colman’s crazed nun, is that of the title character — a collaborative effort by animation director Pablo Grillo, the visual effects teams, and Whishaw’s voice performance.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Readers may remember the title character as a warrior woman with flaming red hair wearing a bikini made from armor.
—Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
Eastwood plays the title character, a man reluctantly drawn into the Confederate side of the Civil War after the slaughter of his family.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The performance that’s far and away most memorable here, aside from Colman’s crazed nun, is that of the title character — a collaborative effort by animation director Pablo Grillo, the visual effects teams, and Whishaw’s voice performance.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Title character.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/title%20character. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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