In my mind, I see Guy as the kind of man who presents himself as very stoic and walled off, he wouldn't speak with emotion very often, and never any strong emotion. He also wants to be seen as the stereotypical “ideal man”, one who is strong and can provide for his family. However, in contrast to this apathy, the last two scenes would most likely involve some strong emotions, particularly those of anger, frustration, lack of self-approval, and so on. These would arise from an explosive argument with his estranged wife, Lili.
While the scene I will be acting in lacks in a solid and clear-cut plot, the scene is more about exploring and adding themes to the original short story source material. While Guy may come across as lacking in definable motivation, I envision that some of the causes of his motivation would change scene by scene. However, I think he would have simple and static desires, mainly stability with a side of intimacy, the latter causing a conflict in the first scene. I’d like to be able to portray his motivations evolving (or devolving) with his emotions and relationships as the scenes go on, starting with simplicity, then growing frustration and wanting things to go his way, and at the end these would all still exist as motivations for him, but would be shoved aside in lieu of freedom and death.
Numerous obstacles are in Guy’s hopeless path to achieving his goals, among them namely his lack of education, stable work, inability to escape poverty, his own negative mentality, his wife growing apart from him, and so on. Unfortunately, these would all be “fixed” by Guy simply taking the easier route and choosing oblivion.
In terms of backstory, I’m not really sure if any would be necessary to speak about, as our script intends to provide a few scenes that occur before the beginning of the original story, giving the source a sort of prologue.
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