excuse me did you see CHRIS HEMSWORTH hanging around palmwood studios? oh no, that was JACKSON CARRINGTON, the 42 year old ACTOR who plays DEAN SAMUELS on TWO BUSH MOUNTAIN. yeah, you know rumour has it they're -JEALOUS, and - CONNIVING, but their fans all say they’re + CHARISMATIC, and +QUICK-WITTED. around palmwood studios they’re known as THE COMEDIAN. ( CISMALE, HE/HIM)
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his father was the older brother and yet, he always got the shit end of the stick when it came to carrington atlantic.
being born with the weight of the carrington legacy on his shoulders, jackson grew up watching his father trying to claw his way to the top of the family business. but it seemed that despite his efforts, it was always tobias and his father that reigned supreme.
jackson always felt as though carrington atlantic was simply a losing game, so he never indulged his father in his obsessive climb to the top. instead, he focused on being the best at everything else. he was the kid who did it all. not only was he a star athlete, but he was also a drama kid and got the lead in every school play.
however, as he entered high school - he had to make a choice, sports or acting and of course, jackson picked sports.
he became the quarterback of his high school’s football team, got a full ride to college and didn’t even finish a full two years before he was drafted by the dallas cowboys as quarterback.
for five years, jackson lived the absolute dream. he led the team to five consecutive super bowl victories, was always spotted with the hottest model on his arm, had lucrative deals with a plethora of designers, car brands and anything you could think of, and practically had himself solidified as a football legend.
it all came crashing down one night when he was twenty five and involved in a serious car wreck, one that left him unable to play football ever again.
he spent an entire year completely depressed and decided to get back into acting to get him out of his funk. it’s not like he didn’t have the connections.
he landed his first role in a drama that immediately flopped, since no one could take the loveable athlete seriously, so he turned to comedy and hit the jackpot (career claim could be kinda like adam sandler)
he rolled out comedy after comedy movie, hosting snl more than anyone, and became known as hollywood’s warm, charming and funny guy, while he watched his cousin tobias take on serious roles, and take over as ceo of carrington atlantic, something that made jackson’s father filled with rage.
his father drilled it into his head that it was supposed to be them in charge of carrington, not tobias, and though jackson had no interest in the business, his father pretty much forced him to join the board and as he got more involved, he deep down felt more and more entitled.
as the years went on, he got more and more involved with the business, acting as a right hand man to tobias, learning the ins and outs and he slowly stepped a bit back from acting, doing a few funny movies here and there a year.
when he was in his mid thirties, he was granted a coveted late night talk show - ‘the tonight show with jackson carrington’ and spends his evenings interviewing those who are much more successful and interesting than he is, which has only caused his resentment to grow.
he’s tired of being looked at as ‘the funny one’ as ‘the joke’, especially since this all was simply plan b for him and his real dream was so cruelly snatched away from him.
he’s determined now more than ever to get everything he’s ever wanted and doesn’t care who or what he has to step on to get so. he craves feeling powerful and will do anything to get it.
he’s landed his first acting gig in a while - the bad dad on ‘two bush mountain’ and everyone is amazed at how scary good he is at playing the bad guy, because that’s the furthest thing from what he’s portrayed himself to be, but deep down, that’s who he is.
