character development for films Archive - Historical Character Preparation

What Nicholas Needed Before MARY & GEORGE

Finally a new, exciting historical TV series: Mary & George is set is set in England in the 1600s, just after the time of Sir …

Actors and writers — depth begins here.

You’ll start with The Memory Scar — a 6-day method to extract emotion from real historical traces.

If you work with real lives and value depth over speed or spectacle, you’re in the right place.

I’ll send you thoughtful notes each month: new findings from the past, quiet provocations on preparing historical roles, and on building characters from evidence, not cliché.