After two seasons, Reeves was dissatisfied with the one-dimensional role and low salary.

And Hilary Maclean and Nicholas Bailey, as a pair of power-hungry royal cousins, bring vivifying wit to relatively one-dimensional roles.

Adults are looking for rounded, ambiguous characters, while kids delight in the simplicity of one-dimensional roles.

In contrast, Steven Sennett and Marceline Hugot, as the other couple, are limited to one-dimensional roles.

Daredevil A big man, Ben Affleck (left) is shriveled by his one-dimensional role as the blind, red-costumed, horn-headed Marvel comic-book crime fighter.

A big man, Mr. Affleck is shriveled by the one-dimensional role.

The other actors, limited by their one-dimensional roles, try to compensate by playing broadly.

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that despite flaws, Mignone's first feature "has delivered a fairly tight package that draws generally good performances from thesps in largely one-dimensional roles".

Circumstance betrayed him, and the belief of citizens of Victoria that future prosperity depended on the termination of the CPR at Esquimalt forced him into a one-dimensional role as critic of the terms of union.