Romantic male lead searching for his leading lady in an up-and-coming romantic comedy called Life. Warning: Must be able to eagerly deliver great lines such as “We could be watching paint dry together and we'd still be happy because we were together”, “I want someone to grow old with, happily sitting on the couch when we're in our 80s, holding hands and watching a movie together” or, last but not least, “I want someone who is the only person in the world whose eyes I look into and I see my unborn children” without needing an entire bottle of Pepto Bismol. This is a must!
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Character Synopsis:
Male Lead: A lightly-shaded, thin, boyish-looking man who seems to have more hope for humanity than he knows what to do with. He lives his life, for the most part, wearing a nice spectacular set of Rose-colored glasses, figuratively speaking of course since he wouldn’t be caught dead looking like a 1970’s version of Elton John. He seeks the best in people and tries to get them to make better choices with their lives via healthy living and making morally refined choices that benefit everyone around them, but is often met with much resistance, which he does empathically absorb and sometimes makes him about as cranky as a kid who dropped his ice cream cone in the sandbox. But throughout the course of the movie his strength improves and he is able to fend off such disappointments. He is the underdog, the lone wolf that feels like he’s all alone in the world, but believes his purpose is one that is worthwhile, and no force on Earth will stop him from trying to achieve his wonderful dreams. Overall, he is a believer in hope, and thinks love should always be forever, even throughout the speed bumps we call life. And his dedication to his relationships, true friends, and family is seemingly limitless.
Now, passion, well, gets a whole new meaning when pertaining to our hero. When he falls in love, he gives so much of himself to the point where he adjusts his thoughts so that he thinks as two instead of one because he is certain that everything each person in a relationship does can ultimately affect the other. In a way, he does lose himself a little bit, but to him that’s not a loss but a gain because he feels stronger and even more dedicated and passionate when he’s part of a fully functioning unit. When given the opportunity to express his true feelings for someone he really cares about, he goes all out, in every way and not just intimately. He is the proverbial sappy male who likes to give cards, write love poems, listen to love songs, give flowers, help his mate organize, clean, and he even cooks for her elaborate meals that he puts all of his heart into. Passion is what helps to define him, and he uses it in everything that he does that seems important to him. He researches things that interest him with such an intensity, such as nutrition, art, architecture, antiquities, gardening, home repair, landscaping, nature, philosophy, and anything else under the sun that seems interesting and doesn’t want to stop until he becomes an information sponge worthy of one day being on Jeopardy. He is dedication. He is passion. He is intense.
He’s also a a very focused and analytical individual and seems to come up with solutions to problems based on brainstorming all of the time to the point where it would make most people go incredibly insane. He’s constantly analyzing a multitude of different scenarios in his head and constantly scanning visual information in front of him to the point where he can come up with the best possible solution to a problem and tell you every single beautiful flower, tree, building, and visually-pleasing person that was in his path all at the same time. He’s a little abnormal in that regard, but it works for him and helps him to be a logical rock when his love, his family, or his friends are having a crisis in their life and they need an insightful person to give them a rational solution to a potentially irrational problem. His visual analyzation skills also help him in getting others to see the beauty in things they might otherwise have overlooked.
He can also be a bit of a riot sometimes, and if he’s not trying to entertain his family or friends or loved one he will easily try to entertain himself by doing something silly just to make himself smile. From trying to sound like Elvis in the shower to doing a “Risky Business” movie type of move in his underwear to pretending he’s directing an orchestra when he hears the theme from Star Wars to pressing every button in a toy aisle in a toy store, sometimes you just don’t know whether to roll your eyes at him or smile and admire the fact that he’s not afraid to be himself. He is Eric from That 70’s Show and Spider-man all rolled up into one. An Eagle Scout, a comedian, a lover, a hero, an underdog, and a humanitarian. But most importantly, still inherently human. He tries and tries to reach a certain level of greatness, but he knows his limitations and knows that he’s no Superman, although that doesn’t mean he won’t put a blanket around his neck every now and then and jump off the couch for your amusement.
As his life is further put under the microscope, it becomes even more obvious that beyond all the humor, more than anything he is a supreme lover and a faithful romantic and, although he lets logic keep himself in check, he always makes decisions with his heart. He has been known to walk 20 miles or even drive 7 hours round trip to see a lover, and on Valentine’s day arrange a horse-drawn carriage ride through a historic city followed by a bed and breakfast lunch and later a candlelit dinner underneath the stars. When in relationships he has turned everyone down who has tried to tempt him away from his lover, and always pushes aside other temptations he knows would not be good for his mind or body. He is a purist when it comes to love and has respect for himself and his own body and mind, and doesn’t really understand those who aren’t like that. He, truly, marches to his own drummer, but he likes it that way.
He is, overall, perpetually in a state of limbo. He makes morally good choices but is not religious, he looks young but his mental and emotional capacities are beyond most younger women, he can mentally relate to his peers but cannot relate to most of them physically, and he wants children but most women his age already have them or don’t want any more. He is a lost soul, and is just waiting for his one, true love, to find him that will match him, give him what he needs, and allow him to give her all that he has to give.
Female Lead:
Still being written. If you have any ideas, or know of a personality type that would go with the lead male character, please, inquire within.
