Citations:out of central casting

Adjective: "(idiomatic) conforming to the stereotypical image of a particular type of person or group"

 * 1995, Donald Murray, A Democracy of Despots, McGill-Queen's University Press (1995), ISBN 0773513604, page 139:
 * For looking straight into the camera was a typical Bolshevik, a Bolshevik straight out of central casting. Stubborn, overbearing, self-assured, honest, irresistible, a human engine without brakes — he must have jumped from an armored car just a few minutes ago.
 * 2006, Richard Matturro, Luna, Livingtson Press (2006), ISBN 9781931982733, page 92:
 * "Do I or do I not have the quintessential in-laws? I swear they're right out of central casting. A blowhard brother-in-law, bratty kids, and a sourpuss mother-in-law wide as a billboard.
 * 2008, Holly Chamberlain, Tuscan Holiday, Kensington Books (2008), ISBN 9780758214027, unnumbered page:
 * Frank Grandin was straight out of central casting, the pompous, self-important, narrow-minded, big businessman, from his full head of suspiciously jet-black hair right down to the oversized gold watch on his wrist.
 * 2013, Linda Clark, "The Bhagwan's 93 Rolls-Royces", in Keith Martin, Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting: Drowned Bugattis, Buried Belvederes, Felonious Ferraris and other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure, Motorbooks (2013), ISBN 9781610587594, unnumbered page:
 * As cult leaders go, Rajneesh was straight out of central casting. His preferred garb was a satin-trimmed velvet robe and shoes, usually adorned with expensive jewelry.
 * 2014, Sue Ann Jaffarian, Dummy of a Ghost, Berkley (2014), ISBN 9781101602560, unnumbered page:
 * In a phone call to Emma after her first meeting with her future mother-in-law, Tracy had announced to Emma with amusement that Dolly was a fortune-teller right out of central casting, and a former showgirl.