How to Use recast in a Sentence

recast

verb
  • The director recast some of the actors in the play.
  • You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer.
  • When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role.
  • The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns.
  • He recast his political image to fit the times.
  • Are there rules about which roles can be recast and which can't?
    — Lauren Huff, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The role has instead been recast for the movie.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And so the woman recast all of us, and cast me in the lead again.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 20 June 2021
  • Bathrooms have been recast as well.
    — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
  • That project is now dead, and the role is expected to be recast.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022
  • The production paused, but the team chose not to recast.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There were those who hoped, and some that demanded, the role be recast.
    — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That said, the prime characters will be recast.
    — EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The role is being revamped and recast.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The idea is to recast the entire southern facade as a new front porch.
    — Christopher Hawthorne, latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Even murder can be recast as heroism.
    — Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Visual art can be recast as a toolkit to soothe the mind and spirit.
    — Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The filmmaker had to recast much of his movie, but Abrams stuck around.
    — EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Zayas was recast in the part and re-shot Busfield’s scenes.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Actor John Dunsworth passed away last year and the part will not be recast.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Esquire, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Most of the cast returned, and some parts were recast, making things a little odd.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Fox also wrote about Hardin’s recasting in his book.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Rather than argue on the populists’ terms, the group recast the debate.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
  • But then that means recasting the daughter, who’s half-Asian.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Is she supposed to recast them as bad memories?
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Lawley was to play Starr’s boyfriend; the role will now be recast and scenes reshot as needed.
    — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The entire original cast of the show was recast for seasons three and four.
    — Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2018
  • The role will be recast to fit an earlier part of the superhero’s life.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • For this go-round, the tour was almost completely recast with new faces and has been on the road just a few weeks.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2022
  • This game recasts the first movie as a series of scenarios that can be played with up to five players.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

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