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For a bonus young, playful woman falling in love with the dreamiest, easy-to-love leading man, try K-drama Healer.
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Leesa Cross-Smith, People.com, 21 June 2025
Co-writer/director Joseph Kosinski is making a cottage industry out of turning sixty into the new forty for Hollywood leading men.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Cold War-era Southeast Asia can make fools out of even Hollywood’s toughest leading men, like Marlon Brando, Knee notes.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
And, of course, the role of Han Solo in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope went to Ford, transforming him into one of Hollywood's most bankable leading men.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 7 June 2025
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Leesa Cross-Smith, People.com, 21 June 2025
Co-writer/director Joseph Kosinski is making a cottage industry out of turning sixty into the new forty for Hollywood leading men.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Cold War-era Southeast Asia can make fools out of even Hollywood’s toughest leading men, like Marlon Brando, Knee notes.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
And, of course, the role of Han Solo in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope went to Ford, transforming him into one of Hollywood's most bankable leading men.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading man
leading lady
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These stories only work if their compelling heroines fall for characters who are interesting in their own rights and worthy of the leading lady’s affections.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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One soundtrack also made waves in 2025: Sinners, which featured music from the film’s leading lady, Hailee Steinfeld, as well as Rhiannon Giddens, Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy and more.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
1 July 2025
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20man. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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