Character Profiles/Cast

                                                                       

Robin Watson as Wise Guy 1 

I have chosen my Dad as my main character. I feel with some work I can make him fit the build and image of an aged criminal.

The character is an aged Mob Boss in his 50's who has escaped his old lifestyle of crime and corruption, the only thing keeping him in touch with the real world and easing him into a society not built on crime, was his son. Throughout his life he has looked after his son financially and emotionally. But his son was killed in a drug deal gone wrong. He frantically searched the streets to find his son's killer and resorts to his criminal ways. His presence is intimidating and his approach is stern and cryptic as he toys with his victims before revealing his true intentions.

My film is a pastiche which is a post-modern term of homage in which to pay respect to another media piece and I have chosen to do this by fusing my character with others such as:

The Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood) in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western/ "Dollars" Trilogy:

I have chosen to incorporate this character within my own as throughout the "Dollars" trilogy the character remains constant with the characteristics as being quiet, gruff and an eccentric stranger with a strong but unorthodox sense of justice. My character will have these characteristics and show mannerisms expressed by this character but will homage him respectively. Another reason I have chosen this character is that my plot, although it being within the gangster genre, shadows plots expressed in the western genre.


Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) in The Sopranos:

Tony is the main protagonist in the show. He was a crime boss situated in New Jersey and the show follows his encounters and conflicts with other criminals. The reason I am incorporating this character into my own is because he is different to on screen gangsters as he is a sympathetic character and is a devoted father, but can be aggressive and ruthless when trying to get what he wants. These are the characteristics I am going to incorporate within my main character to homage Tony Soprano respectively.

Jimmy Conway & Sam 'Ace' Rothstein - (Robert De Niro) in Goodfellas & Casino:

With this chosen character I'm not going to directly homage them, the way I will do this is by having my character having a dominating presence. My film will satire these characters as they can be seen as stereotypical 'gangsters' and I am going to spin this trope around and show that gangsters aren't all "hard men", similar to The Sopranos.

Jack Ackers as Wise Guy 2 

I have chosen my friend to play the character with him in mind when I created the character as he fits the build and image.

The character was good friends with the main character's son he was a bad influence as he was a regular drug taker and introduced Wise Guy 1's son to the criminal underworld. He is a petty thug who sells his own 'products' on the streets. One day taking Wise Guy 1's son to collect a new batch of 'product' the deal went wrong and resulted in Wise Guy 1's son being killed, after the failed deal he went into hiding knowing the death of Wise Guy 1's son people would be looking for him but was eventually captured and held captive in the garage of Wise Guy 1's garage to be 'made a example of '.

The character is a direct homage to:

Marvin Nash (Kirk Baltz) in Reservoir Dogs: 

My character serves as a visual homage from the way he is tied and the way he will sit, the difference between them is the character of Marvin Nash is a police officer and my character is a petty criminal. Although different in hierarchy construction the one aspect that links them is that the characters within the respected films look down on them as their inferiors.