name='ChristineCB']I don't know if typecasting is good or bad, actually.
Or if it's changed - if the casting process is any more willing to accept a substantially different characterization from an actor, or if the actor will go for different characters and roles.
Bruce Willis' character in DEATH BECOMES HER was so far removed from just about any other role he played, and I enjoyed that film because of it. Yet his follow-up choices haven't left his general character's outline since then.
Jack Nicholson doesn't seem to stretch at all - a sneer, raised eyebrows and an evil grin. That's about his whole career. But he's been well-cast in some films (Witches Of Eastwick) with that character.
In some ways, I'd think the opportunities to escape typecasting should be greater because there should be more media outlets. But there are more actors, too.
Then there's a supposition that actors may typecast themselves as often as anyone else does.
Has this changed over time?