Michael Regilio

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 in order to find something interesting, to find a new story, to finally get around to answering your question, one of the things you need to do is think about the world that your character lives in and how does that world that you're showing on screen reflect the problems in the real world outside the theater in a way that feels resonant to the audience. Does that make sense? It does.

And so in order to find something interesting, to find a new story, to finally get around to answering your question, one of the things you need to do is think about the world that your character lives in and how does that world that you're showing on screen reflect the problems in the real world outside the theater in a way that feels resonant to the audience. Does that make sense? It does.

And so in order to find something interesting, to find a new story, to finally get around to answering your question, one of the things you need to do is think about the world that your character lives in and how does that world that you're showing on screen reflect the problems in the real world outside the theater in a way that feels resonant to the audience. Does that make sense? It does.

Yeah, plastics. Like plastics is the line that makes you jump on board with him because he says, like the very first scene in the movie, his dad comes up and talks to him. He's sort of hiding up in his bedroom. And his dad goes, what are you worried about? He goes, I'm worried about my future. I want it to be different, right? So the whole movie is this allegory of conformity and nonconformity.

Yeah, plastics. Like plastics is the line that makes you jump on board with him because he says, like the very first scene in the movie, his dad comes up and talks to him. He's sort of hiding up in his bedroom. And his dad goes, what are you worried about? He goes, I'm worried about my future. I want it to be different, right? So the whole movie is this allegory of conformity and nonconformity.

Yeah, plastics. Like plastics is the line that makes you jump on board with him because he says, like the very first scene in the movie, his dad comes up and talks to him. He's sort of hiding up in his bedroom. And his dad goes, what are you worried about? He goes, I'm worried about my future. I want it to be different, right? So the whole movie is this allegory of conformity and nonconformity.

Like he wants his future to be different. Then you just create this whole tilted universe of conformity, right? And then when he finds Elaine Robinson, she's the one person that he can stand to be with, the one person he can stand to talk to. That's what makes it interesting and resonant.

Like he wants his future to be different. Then you just create this whole tilted universe of conformity, right? And then when he finds Elaine Robinson, she's the one person that he can stand to be with, the one person he can stand to talk to. That's what makes it interesting and resonant.

Like he wants his future to be different. Then you just create this whole tilted universe of conformity, right? And then when he finds Elaine Robinson, she's the one person that he can stand to be with, the one person he can stand to talk to. That's what makes it interesting and resonant.

Let me give you one more example, which is, I talked about this in my new video, like the dude in The Big Lebowski. What makes him interesting is that he's introduced in the screenplay as being like the laziest man in LA County, which makes him pretty high in the running for laziest man in the world.

Let me give you one more example, which is, I talked about this in my new video, like the dude in The Big Lebowski. What makes him interesting is that he's introduced in the screenplay as being like the laziest man in LA County, which makes him pretty high in the running for laziest man in the world.

Let me give you one more example, which is, I talked about this in my new video, like the dude in The Big Lebowski. What makes him interesting is that he's introduced in the screenplay as being like the laziest man in LA County, which makes him pretty high in the running for laziest man in the world.

He's not this traditional hero who has big dreams and big aspirations and is super competent or anything like that. He's just the dude. So why do you like this guy so much? Why is he such a beloved figure?

He's not this traditional hero who has big dreams and big aspirations and is super competent or anything like that. He's just the dude. So why do you like this guy so much? Why is he such a beloved figure?

He's not this traditional hero who has big dreams and big aspirations and is super competent or anything like that. He's just the dude. So why do you like this guy so much? Why is he such a beloved figure?

The way you get your audience on board with a lazy bum who does nothing but smoke pot and go bowling is that you surround them with this universe of like super competitive, stressed out men, right? You have Walter. You have the big Lebowski himself. You have Jesus, the pedophile bowler. You have the sheriff in Malibu. Eight-year-old dude. You create this whole universe.

The way you get your audience on board with a lazy bum who does nothing but smoke pot and go bowling is that you surround them with this universe of like super competitive, stressed out men, right? You have Walter. You have the big Lebowski himself. You have Jesus, the pedophile bowler. You have the sheriff in Malibu. Eight-year-old dude. You create this whole universe.

The way you get your audience on board with a lazy bum who does nothing but smoke pot and go bowling is that you surround them with this universe of like super competitive, stressed out men, right? You have Walter. You have the big Lebowski himself. You have Jesus, the pedophile bowler. You have the sheriff in Malibu. Eight-year-old dude. You create this whole universe.

You create this whole universe of people who are not chill, who are not laid back, right? And then the dude becomes heroic because he's so cool. He's so laid back. He's not trying to achieve anything. He's not trying to become anything different. He just abides. And that's what makes him heroic. That's what makes him like him.