Michael Regilio

And I think that when I started thinking about it a lot, I was just like, a lot of times what makes a hero very memorable is not the hero themselves. It's the world that they live in, right? And if you're describing the world and a problem in a world, that's something that makes it interesting. Jordan, this is a really good question.

And I think that when I started thinking about it a lot, I was just like, a lot of times what makes a hero very memorable is not the hero themselves. It's the world that they live in, right? And if you're describing the world and a problem in a world, that's something that makes it interesting. Jordan, this is a really good question.

And I think that when I started thinking about it a lot, I was just like, a lot of times what makes a hero very memorable is not the hero themselves. It's the world that they live in, right? And if you're describing the world and a problem in a world, that's something that makes it interesting. Jordan, this is a really good question.

And so the examples that I use are, well, for example, Thelma and Louise. Like in Thelma and Louise, those are two, like when you start the movie, they're just kind of two ordinary women. They're going on a weekend. They're going to have fun, right? Yeah. you create this huge doozy of an inciting incident, right?

And so the examples that I use are, well, for example, Thelma and Louise. Like in Thelma and Louise, those are two, like when you start the movie, they're just kind of two ordinary women. They're going on a weekend. They're going to have fun, right? Yeah. you create this huge doozy of an inciting incident, right?

And so the examples that I use are, well, for example, Thelma and Louise. Like in Thelma and Louise, those are two, like when you start the movie, they're just kind of two ordinary women. They're going on a weekend. They're going to have fun, right? Yeah. you create this huge doozy of an inciting incident, right?

Which is Thelma almost gets raped in the parking lot and Louise comes along and kills the guy, right? Oh, right. And then they realize that they're living in this misogynistic, sexist, hostile world, that no one's going to believe them. And they go on the lam.

Which is Thelma almost gets raped in the parking lot and Louise comes along and kills the guy, right? Oh, right. And then they realize that they're living in this misogynistic, sexist, hostile world, that no one's going to believe them. And they go on the lam.

Which is Thelma almost gets raped in the parking lot and Louise comes along and kills the guy, right? Oh, right. And then they realize that they're living in this misogynistic, sexist, hostile world, that no one's going to believe them. And they go on the lam.

I think what makes that story resonant and what makes them great characters was that nobody had seen two women in a Hollywood movie fighting back against sort of this universe of sexism and misogyny and male violence so defiantly, so sort of in your face, blowing up that trucker's rig and stuff like that.

I think what makes that story resonant and what makes them great characters was that nobody had seen two women in a Hollywood movie fighting back against sort of this universe of sexism and misogyny and male violence so defiantly, so sort of in your face, blowing up that trucker's rig and stuff like that.

I think what makes that story resonant and what makes them great characters was that nobody had seen two women in a Hollywood movie fighting back against sort of this universe of sexism and misogyny and male violence so defiantly, so sort of in your face, blowing up that trucker's rig and stuff like that.

And that was the thing that made the movie click with people is that sense of the character's defiance. Let me give one more example, which is I think that what made The Graduate such a resonant film for audiences back in the 60s was not really Ben Braddock. Ben Braddock's a nice guy, but he's a bit of a nebbish. He's not that interesting a character.

And that was the thing that made the movie click with people is that sense of the character's defiance. Let me give one more example, which is I think that what made The Graduate such a resonant film for audiences back in the 60s was not really Ben Braddock. Ben Braddock's a nice guy, but he's a bit of a nebbish. He's not that interesting a character.

And that was the thing that made the movie click with people is that sense of the character's defiance. Let me give one more example, which is I think that what made The Graduate such a resonant film for audiences back in the 60s was not really Ben Braddock. Ben Braddock's a nice guy, but he's a bit of a nebbish. He's not that interesting a character.

What no one had ever seen before was the world. Like we'd never seen Mike Nichols showing us this world of sort of post-war ennui and shallowness and materialism. And so you're creating this sort of tilted universe world of post-war America and the sense of alienation and the sense of conformity. And then Ben is the person who's swimming against that tide, fighting against it.

What no one had ever seen before was the world. Like we'd never seen Mike Nichols showing us this world of sort of post-war ennui and shallowness and materialism. And so you're creating this sort of tilted universe world of post-war America and the sense of alienation and the sense of conformity. And then Ben is the person who's swimming against that tide, fighting against it.

What no one had ever seen before was the world. Like we'd never seen Mike Nichols showing us this world of sort of post-war ennui and shallowness and materialism. And so you're creating this sort of tilted universe world of post-war America and the sense of alienation and the sense of conformity. And then Ben is the person who's swimming against that tide, fighting against it.

And so when you're trying to create a character, a memorable character, one of the things obviously you want your character to be It's just interesting and be flawed in a certain interesting way. What you're also doing is creating a universe that that character is reacting to.

And so when you're trying to create a character, a memorable character, one of the things obviously you want your character to be It's just interesting and be flawed in a certain interesting way. What you're also doing is creating a universe that that character is reacting to.