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| From left to right: James Bond (Daniel Craig), Agent Davidson (Lee Davidson), Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) |
The two characters from popular culture that we turned to for inspiration for our leading character of Agent Davidson, were the world renowned secret agent James Bond, and Jack Bauer from the internationally successful thriller TV show "24". Both characters display traits that we decided would form the DNA of our lead character, such as strength and ingenuity as well as bravado and ruthlessness. They also have a similar wardrobe of clothing; both Bond and Bauer wear a selection of different stylish jackets, typically dark colours to reflect their personalities, so this is something that influenced the look of our lead protaganist.
Both James Bond and Jack Bauer are known to work for government agencies, but have also on occasion gone rogue, working against their superiors for reasons such as betrayal. We find Agent Davidson in a similar situation in our film opening, and so we wished to explore this side to both Bond and Bauer. Both of these characters represent the older male who has suffered pain at the hands of others - both have lost their wives to their enemies and have gone on paths of vengeance. While Davidson, an less experienced younger agent, is neither middle aged or ever married, we feel that his character is someone who could become a James Bond or Jack Bauer type figure in the future.