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Iaculus Since: May, 2010
2012-07-05 07:21:09

Sounds about right. It's best to list tropes pertaining to actors' roles on their pages, not tropes pertaining to the actor's offscreen personality.

Mostly because tropes are storytelling concepts, and real life, by definition, isn't fiction.

What's precedent ever done for us?
troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2012-07-06 11:53:46

It would only be acceptable if the actor has played a lot of them, not just one. If it's just one example, it goes on the work page for that work. See Creator Page Guidelines.

DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
2012-07-06 12:11:43

However, if the actor has been portrayed as such in numerous works, it may be more appropriate to put the trope as Typecasting.

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