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verb
- 1. give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it: "in 1919, the bells were recast"
- 2. allocate the parts in (a play or film) to different actors: "there were moves to recast the play"
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to change the form of something, or to change an actor in a play or film: She recast her novel as a musical comedy. In despair, the theatre director recast the leading role. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Changing. about-face. about-turn. alterable. altered. alternate. churn. disturb. make an about-turn. make something into something.
When you recast something, you aren’t just improving it slightly — something that is recast typically involves significant changes to the original. As it applies to actors' parts in a movie, television show, or play, to recast a part means finding a different actor to play it.
The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns. When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role. The director recast some of the actors in the play. You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer. He recast his political image to fit the times.
verb (used with object) , re·cast, re·cast·ing. to cast again or anew. to form, fashion, or arrange again. to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, document, sentence, etc.). to supply (a theater or opera work) with a new cast.
to change the form of something, or to change an actor in a play or movie: She recast her novel as a musical comedy. In despair, the theater director recast the leading role. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Changing. about-face. about-turn. alterable. altered. alternate. disturb. drip. make an about-turn. make something into something.
1. (often foll by as) to give (someone or something) a new role, function, or character. recast themselves as moderate and kind. 2. (often foll by as) to cast (an actor or actress) again or in a different part. 3. to cast new actors or actresses for a production of (a play, film, etc) Collins English Dictionary.
Definitions of 'recast'. 1. If you recast something, you change it by organizing it in a different way. [...] 2. To recast an actor's role means to give the role to another actor. [...] More.
