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I think there should be combination of many reasons such as (a) he was not prepared to diminish himself as you often have to there; (b) he was trying to avoid being typecast, as you need to there; (c) he possibly wished to be closer to his parents who were ill etc etc.

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transitive verb To cast in an acting role akin or natural to one's own personality or fitted to one's physical appearance.
transitive verb To assign (a performer) repeatedly to the same kind of part.

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It's hard to avoid being typecast, especially when you're in a wheelchair, and you have this very visible marker to see beyond. — PoetryFoundation.org
Trying hard to avoid being typecast, Hanks accepted a few projects that perhaps sounded better on paper. — Hollywood.com - Recent News
To be honest, I've sort of inadvertantly created an online persona that has "typecast" me, if you will, and it's really grown restrictive. — HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
We hadn't even begun yet but, if the series was to prove successful, I could find myself typecast, and I'd always managed to avoid that so far. — The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The downside of embodying ennui so evocatively is that Jones is being typecast, offered — VF Daily