B/V: Matheson, Sian and Xander

Since it's now the end of April and therefore ScriptFrenzy 2018 (and I skived off it this year, thank you adulating), I realized that I left y'all hanging back in February with my B/V character inspiration thingummies. I like to tie up loose threads when I can, so here's the final tidbit for the character inspirations of B/V.

You've met the goodies and the allies, so now it's time for the villains. Here's where it gets sticky. These guys aren't the typical type of villains I write, especially since the story I'm writing isn't the usual type I write. Because there are three of them, I'll start with the least dangerous and work my way up.

First, there's Xander. There is a celebrity model that I really like to have in my head whenever I write Xander's scenes. His name is JD Pardo:

Xander's and Agent with a moral compass. He's Riley's brother and follows the orders he is given with more or less reluctance, depending on what those orders are. Thanks to his moral compass, there are lines he isn't willing to cross. . Maybe--ok, certainly--it's typecasting because JD Pardo's played this type of gray-area character before, not once, but twice. The first time was in Eric Kripke's "Revolution" and the second was in Hulu's "East Los High". Is it any wonder I want to see him do it again?

So while Riley's got a brother in with the Agency, Jason has the same problem, only it's his sister, Sian. I saw several films that helped inspire the model for Sian--someone who can exhibit quiet inner fire and fierce independence one minute("Beyond the Lights") and warm sweet sisterly regard the next("Belle"); and also an actress I greatly respect for her talent and get all giddy when she does another movie. Sian's model is Gugu Mbatha Raw.

While Sian isn't exactly and Agent per se, she definitely has loyalties leaning that way thanks to things that happened with her and the Agents in the past(and it isn't what you think!). Sian is a baddie, but she's not the worst.

The biggest baddie of them all is Matheson.  In my head he's got one of those faces that can freeze into and emotionless mask; and makes you twitch every time you watch him do something because you know it's wrong, but Matheson knows he's in the right and nobody can tell him otherwise because it's necessary to do what he's doing for the greater good(twitch, twitch, twitch).

Naturally I need someone in my head who can pull that kind of facial expression off, and can still be bearable to watch(because there are some people who think they can do that face thing, but they totally can't and it hurts to watch--which is not a good thing). He's in both "Hawaii Five-O"(the 2005 reboot) and "Salvation"(which is FABOULOUS!!!); and not only do I like seeing his face I love hearing his voice: Ian Anthony Dale is Matheson's model. 

Not gonna lie, writing Matheson gives me the creeps. It's fun to write him but his motives are so eerie because they make perfect sense--if a little twisted. He's the head of the Agency, intent on making everything safe, and controlled, no matter the cost. Matheson's convinced he's saving lives, but is he going to end up ruining them instead?

So there you have it y'all--the entire B/V Cast Models. Phew! Maybe if you're lucky, I'll give you a peek into the soundtrack(cause I have that too!).