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James Finlayson failed to make it as a lead man in Holywood but became one of the most memorable comic foils ever to grace the silver screen.

Democratic lawmakers are strategizing how to handle the speech, fearful of becoming a foil to Trump on live television.

Jones is soft yet strong, and her performance provides the necessary character foil to send “The Brutalist” to the depths of the soul that Corbet is aiming for.

Long thought to be a chicken, Feathers was exposed as a penguin when Wallace and Gromit foiled his plan to rob a museum of a precious diamond.

And in Trump he has, for now, the perfect foil to pad his political resume.