Character Development

Probably one of the most interesting things I have done in a very long time happened last night. Coby and I met Ben at his apartment with the intention of working through a couple of scenes, but as we got started Ben asked us who we thought our characters were, where did they meet, how long have they been together? We spent the better part of an hour answering those questions and developing the "back story" that needs to be in place for our characters to react to each other. We never broke out the scripts (mainly because Coby and I both thought Ben would have some, and he thought we would bring ours, I seriously thought mine was in the car, but it wasn't, it was trapped at the office). Anyway, I learned a lot about the way Ben writes and his vision of the characters. I had a great time and I left there even more convinced this is going to be a great project.