CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TASK 001: FAMILIES
louis kolbeck (alain delon): freddie's granddad was an actor that is past his prime. you would only know him if you were into old gangster movies, or really bad hallmark movies. pals with the likes of robert de niro and al pacino, though they didn't help him out when he drowned the family in debt due to his gambling addiction. freddie has only had a handful of interactions with him, and he learned where his father got it from. freddie has never really had a relationship with him, besides all the comparisons of how he's starting to look like a younger louis.
ralph kolbeck (nikolaj coster-waldau): an ogden alumni. born with a distaste for his surroundings, from his irresponsible father who couldn't be bothered to raise him to the debt collectors who were knocking on his door. his mother died when he was young and he was forced to raise himself. he had the drive to be better and a thirst for success. he vowed to provide for his family, to be a good father and husband but his priorities misaligned along the way. business became more important, he depended on alcohol to relieve his stress, and a poorly timed pregnancy threw a spanner in the works. he did not want a son, which in turn made him an angry man. freddie realised this later on in life.
cassie luker (margot robbie): ralph's current girlfriend, an up-and-coming actress. they've been dating for four years. her career has sky rocketed since. cassie and freddie had starred in a movie together, where she played his older sister. after he was blacklisted, she gave an interview about how unpleasant the set had been due to a young diva. freddie has been caught liking tweets which talk badly of her relationship with his dad.
naomi kolbeck née capper (sienna miller): a failed actress who once had stars in her eyes. she moved to la from a small town with dreams of making it big, and she was willing to do anything to get there. she really did love ralph, but she hadn't expected him to not lift a finger to help her career. so when he told her he'd gotten the maid pregnant, she'd convinced herself she always wanted kids. she was delighted when freddie expressed an interest in acting, despite pushing him in that direction, and she grew to love being his mother, for all the opportunities it gave her. divorcing ralph had been a long time coming, and running back to freddie with her tail between her legs had been humiliating. she was willing to grovel for his forgiveness. luckily he'd been willing to give her a chance, but their relationship remains strained, as he starts to realise that she'll never change.
jo woods (jaime pressly): freddie's birth mom. she'd been the maid at the kolbeck household whilst he was growing up. he watched as she was treated poorly, or as if she wasn't even there. he learned from his parents and acted no differently. but it'd come as a surprise to him when she quit her job, once it'd all become too much for her. she wrote him a letter, explaining everything, which he only read a few years later. they met and talked for hours, and he cried in her arms. he'd been sending her money ever since, but he's rarely seen her after finding out she had another family of her own. he had text her a photo of cassie after the news of his dad's new relationship broke out, pointing out how alike they look, to which jo replied: she's pretty, but are you okay? looking back on it, to his memory, she'd been the only one to ask him that whilst growing up, despite his behaviour towards her.
