Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate - (Unit 6: Topics: Leisure and lifestyle)


Films and books

Just about films and acting

I’ve never had any desire to go on the stage1 myself but I’d love to produce a film. I think historical dramas work particularly well on the big screen2 and I’d love to make a film about Vikings in Britain. There’d be plenty of opportunities to use special effects3 during battle scenes. I’d want the male lead4 to be played by Hugh Jackman, while Jennifer Lawrence could have the female lead. Liam Neeson could play the role of a Viking warrior and I’d like Judi Dench to take on a cameo role5. I’m sure that, as always, she would give an excellent performance. My dream is to make a film that would be nominated for an Oscar6. Of course, I’d also like it to be an immediate box-office hit7, playing to full houses8 worldwide.


1 become an actor
2 the cinema
3 powerful visual effects, often created using technology
4 main male part
5 small but special part
6 put on the official list of people in the film world who may receive a special prize (an Oscar)
7 extremely successful with audiences
8 cinemas/theatres with no empty seats

Other strong collocations are cast a film [select the actors for a film], star in a film, shoot a film, make a film.



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