Casting

Although there has been a lot of changes we have decided on what we would like each character to be like roughly. There are many types of  "stock characters" in Westerns which we will basically use, but in some ways change them.

Marshal Bill Grieves

Bill Grieves will be the tough, no nonsense lawman driven by a desire for justice, much like Matt Damon's character in True Grit. He is 38, and the father of twins and has a wife. He is motivated to take down James Wesley-Adams out of a want to bring him to justice, however he will motivated in our opening scene by hatred brought on by Wesley-Adams killing his family. The idea of the change is that since we start with the end they see the product of the film and then see the journey he goes on to get to that point.

He will be played by Adrian Harder, from our group.

James Wesley-Adams

James Wesley-Adams is also going to be an unconventional villain for the Western genre. Like the real-life Jesse James, he is a veteran of a civil war who continues to resist the victorious side through acts of terror and refusal to conform to their standards. In this way it is possible for us to gain empathy for his character, reducing how 'black and white' the characters are.  This is not likely to be seen in our first scene but is important for characterisation. He is very intense and damaged character who would be willing to do anything for the cause he believes in, fuelled entirely by hatred and anger against the government because of his losses in the uprising.

He will be played by James Morrison, myself.