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What's it called when an actor is way better than another one in the same scene and gets all the attention?

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It's something like: "Actor A totally xxxxx actor B in that scene!"

Where xxxxx is the word I'm looking for. This word basically means that the actor A was so much better than B and got or stole all the attention, leaving B all xxxxx'D.

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  1. Stealing the scene or stealing the show


  2. up·stage  

    up·stage [up stáyj]

    vt (past up·staged, past participle up·staged, present participle up·stag·ing, 3rd person present singular up·stag·es)

    1.  outdo somebody else: to divert, or attempt to divert, attention away from somebody else  

    2.  theater turn actor away from audience: to move toward the back of the stage in order to force another actor to turn his or her back to the audience  

    3.  treat somebody disdainfully: to treat somebody in a haughty or disdainful manner (informal)  

    adv

    theater toward rear: in, at, or toward the rear part of a stage  

    adj

    1.  theater located at rear: located in or relating to the rear part of a stage  

    2.  aloof: distant from and disdainful of other people (informal)  

    n

    theater back of stage: the rear part of the stage  

    -up·stag·er, n


  3. outshone

  4. Actor A totally transcended actor B in that scene !

                                or

    Actor A totally surpassed actor B in that scene !

  5. Scene stealing.

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