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Rebecca’s Actor Attractors The Irishman
Vision: My vision for my success from this program is to be the go-to writer for producers looking for incredible scripts for successful movies enjoyed by a vast viewing audience.
What I learned for this assignment is that by filling in this template, I gained insight into the important parts of each charater.
ACTOR ATTRACTORS Template
Movie Title: The Irishman
Lead Character Name: Frank Sheeran (Robert DiNero)
1. Why would an actor WANT to be known for this role? He mascarades as a regular truck driver, but is a unremorseful killer. Of irish decent becomes a top gun hit man for the Italian mafia. After he becomes Hoffa’s bodyguard, the two become close friends yet when the Dons order Sheeran to kill him, he does.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in the movie? He can be likable despite being a hit man, and gets along well with his mafia bosses despite not being Italian.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead takes in the movie? Sheeran shows his expertise as a hit man with his choice of guns to match the hit and no qualms about wheather his target is friend or foe. His hits are well planned, quick, and deadly. He becomes Hoffa’s best friend, yet kills him when ordered.
4. How is this character introduced that could sell it to an actor? He starts as a truck driver delivering prime meat but uses his charm clever ways to steal sides of beef and not get caught even when his truck shows up empty.
5. What is this character’s emotional range? Friendly, likable, to a scary indifferent hit man who just does his job.
6. What subtext can the actor play? Acting as Hoffa’s friend while knowing he will kill him. Being friendly with his hits before “painting their kitchen.”
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character has? His friendship with Russell Bufilino. The strained relationship with his daughter Peggy who he frightens and the disconnect after Hoffa disappears.
8. How is this character’s unique voice presented? Through narrations of his memoirs.
9. What makes this character special and unique? He can compartmentalize normal life with that as a hit man.
10. (Fill in a scene that shows the character fulfilling much of the Actor Attractor model.) Sheeran is given the word that the don’s want Hoffa gone. “When someone has to go, no one ever says, “he has to go.” They tell you to do it by not telling you not to. Or at most they say “it’s what it is.” Sheeran tries to warn Hoffa, but he remains defient, unafraid. Sheeran gives him a bit of advice hoping to change his mind. “If they can whack a President, they can whack a president of a union. You know it and I know it.”
Movie Title: The Irishman
Lead Character Name: Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino)
1. Why would an actor WANT to be known for this role? Hoffa is a colorful character, tough, ready to fight, and leader of the giant teamsters union that controls billions of dollars of pension funds. His supposed death with no body managed to fuel speculation for 50 decades of who killed him and where the body was hidden.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in the movie? He can be tough yet nice, a self made man and boss of the teamsters. He’s not afraid to play with the mafia for his own gain.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead takes in the movie? He shows affection towards Sheeran’s daughter Peggy by buying her a sundee and other presents. He loves icecream.
4. How is this character introduced that could sell it to an actor? Jimmy Hoffa, who is already a famous public figure, is also Irish in heritage but has a complicated relationship with the Italian crime families but resents them calling the shots with his union. He appears unaffraid; but just in case, hires Frank Sheeran as his bodyguard.
5. What is this character’s emotional range? Calm, to sarcastic, to anger and not afraid to stand up to his mafia buddies.
6. What subtext can the actor play? That his interest in Peggy might be more than patronly.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character has? His friendship and trust with Sheeran his body guard, a spy for the mafia.
8. How is this character’s unique voice presented? His use of sarcaism and in his angry vents.
9. What makes this character special and unique? He likes ice cream, cares about the union and its members, fearless weather facing the mafia bosses or congressional hearings.
10. (Fill in a scene that shows the character fulfilling much of the Actor Attractor model.)
The scene where Chuckie (Hoffa’s adopted son) picks up Frank and Sally. The back seat is wet, frozen fish. Sally suggests Frank sit in the front seat, Frank declines because he remembered that Sally choked his hit from the rear seat. When they pick up Hoffa, to take him to a meeting at a house, he hesitates when he sees Sally, and suspicions a set up. When he spots Frank in the back seat, he gets inside. Chuckie leaves them off at the house. As soon as Hoffa gets inside he suspects the worse and turns to leave. Frank shoots him in the back of the head.
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