I have created some more in detail character profiles that have had more work on them since the green light presentation. I wanted to elaborate on the characters and have more personality behind them all with individual traits and not only for the story, but for when I post on CastingCall to look for actors. I want them to know as much as possible about the characters so they can come prepared to the auditions. I also wrote a little more about what happens in
Bethany Hutson
Character profile:
Bethany is a young actress who spends most her time practicing performing and spending time with her long term boyfriend George who she absolutely adores. She is very well mannered and see's the best in everyone. Bethany is shy but when on stage or with people she loves, her confidence comes out. She feels like she has to prove herself to her very successful sister, Lucy. Throughout the film we see her turn from a polite, shy girl, to a paranoid, on edge women who can't go back to how she was before.
OCCUPATION: Performer and actress
AGE RANGE - 23 - 28
GENDER - Female
HAIR - Long & Brunette
HEIGHT - 5 ft 5 - 5ft 8
BODY TYPE - Slim
DRESS STYLE - Smart / casual
PERSONALITY:
-Polite
-Shy with strangers
-Confidence blossoms in her career
-Passionate about her career
SIBLINGS - Lucy Tailor
SPOUSE - Boyfriend George Young
Francis Delagarza
Character profile:
Francis is a mid 30's highly successful business man who owns the theatre company. Francis is extremely charming and charismatic which makes him a very intimidating person. Francis see's Bethany as his 'finest' performer and is very proud of her. He is the one who has been stalking Bethany.
MOTIVE: He used to baby sit Bethany when she was around 9-10 years old (he was around 20) he always enjoyed how she would perform small dance routines for him. He began giving her roses (which we see throughout the film) and Bethany's mother became suspicious of him - dismissing him saying Bethany 'doesn't need him anymore'. As Francis is an alpha male, he took this very personally and every since, wanted to make sure Bethany was 'his' and knew that her working at his theatre would be the perfect place to 'pull her strings' as she performs the plays he says. Obviously Bethany doesn't remember Francis (he also has changed his name).
Francis admires her and is very possessive of her so much so that when she is offered a job from a performance scout, Francis secretly tells the scout that she's not interested as he is her 'manager'. Francis is a psychopath (unknown to the other characters) and the audience will put the pieces together at the end of the film as we see his true self come out. During Bethany's final performance, she think's she's performing with her acting partner, Josh, however she soon realises that the man behind the mask is someone else. Francis drags Bethany down a trap door, Bethany is screaming for help, but the audience just think it's part of the play. We see Francis take control of her and demand she perform for him like she used to. Bethany begins to flash back to when she was younger and puts the pieces together. He begins dancing with Bethany and spins her around. When Bethany stops spinning, Francis is 'gone', George eventually finds Bethany, all that is left is Bethany left in a dark room crying to her boyfriend George.
OCCUPATION: Theatre owner / director
AGE RANGE - 30 - 40
GENDER - Female
HAIR - Dark
HEIGHT - 6ft - 6 ft 2/3
BODY TYPE - Slim / Stocky
DRESS STYLE - Smart - always wearing a suit.
PERSONALITY:
-Charming
-Charismatic
-Well spoken
-Alpha male
SIBLINGS - Only child.
SPOUSE - Single.
Lucy Tailor
Lucy is a business women who looks down on her sisters ''career'' in her eyes. She believes it's just her bobbie and is quite patronising to her. Lucy is very self absorbed and whenever Bethany actually talks about herself, Lucy quickly dismisses it and very forcibly pretends to smile and get excited for her sisters career. Although she acts towards Bethany in this way, we do see her softer sides, as she is very excited and enthusiastic when George announces he 'bought the ring' for Bethany - he is planning to take her out after the big performance. Lucy works as an Editor in London and was promoted earlier on in the year, Lucy didn't tell Bethany as it shows how they never see each other. Lucy came to visit Bethany but throughout the visit only focused on herself and boasting about her career.
AGE: 30 -35
OCCUPATION: Editor
SIBLINGS: Bethany, not close
SPOUSE: Husband, James
HEIGHT: 5ft 7 - 5ft 10
BODY TYPE: Slim
HAIR: Blonde / Light brown.
DRESS STYLE: Smart, office attire
PERSONALITY:
-Mature
-Self absorbed
-Confident
-Smart
George Young
George Young is Beth's long term boyfriend, he is an at home writer and strives to become a successful author. He dresses very casual and has scruffy dark hair with thick glasses. George absolutely adores Bethany and is extremely overly caring about her, which sometimes is a downfall in the eyes of other people. George does have a short fuse and can't take criticism very well. He is a workaholic and when he's in the middle of writing or planning, he is very involved in it and it makes his temper really come out as he becomes very stressed and tired.
Lately George has been very distracted in his work, which is effecting his relationship with Bethany. He hates it when people mess his office up, or look through his work that's incomplete, so when he finds Bethany looking through it, he looses his temper completely. Bethany can be quite intimidated by George especially when he is in 'work mode', so for Bethany to go through his things is very out of the ordinary. He desperately wants to marry Bethany as he believes she is his true love. So with his already distracted life, and even more secrecy about the ring, George is not looking so good in Bethany's eyes when she finds a book in his room with pictures and numbers of her family, which turns out to be a wedding book that he's been putting together with all the contact details of the guest list.
AGE: Late 20's, early 30's
OCCUPATION: Self employed writer
SIBLINGS: Only child
SPOUSE: Girlfriend, Bethany Hutson
HEIGHT: 5ft 10 - 5ft 11
BODY TYPE: Slim
HAIR: Dark
DRESS STYLE: Casual
PERSONALITY:
-Clever
-Overly caring
-Workaholic
-Short fuse
-Can't take criticism
Daniel McCarther
Daniel is a performance scout who is looking for the next big thing to perform in London. He is very excited by Bethany and believes she could be it. He is a 'keep to himself' kind of guy and is very enthusiastic in what he does, so when Bethany catches him taking photos of her and writing notes, he is shocked when she confronts him about it. Daniel eventually offers Bethany job in London.
AGE: 39-50
OCCUPATION: Scout for a performing company in London
SIBLINGS: 1 brother, 1 sister
SPOUSE: Married
HEIGHT: 5 ft 10
BODY TYPE: Slim
HAIR: Dark
DRESS STYLE: Smart casual suits
PERSONALITY:
-Keeps to himself
-Kind
-Quiet
-Enthusiastic
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