offcast

present singular third person offcasts · participle present offcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes offcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes offcasted · alternative off-cast

1. transitiveTo cast off; shed.
2. transitivebroadcastingTo remove from the cast of a production.

   [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped.

   1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart

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   The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.

   1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry

   White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity.

   2015, Emily Carman, Independent Stardom

plural offcasts · alternative off-cast

1. That which is rejected as useless.