What would you say to your characters, if only you could? What do you feel they need to hear?
Storrie: Ooh, that’s going make me cry! Mine is kind of cliché, but it’s not your fault. It’s not in your control. I don’t know if you’ve read the books, but [Ilya] has some pretty crazy family dynamics that’ll come up throughout the rest of the story and it’s really heavy. You can’t help but I think carry that your entire life, and I think that informs a lot of his hurt and how he goes about life.
Williams: I would tell Shane that his ideas of perfection and masculinity are wrong. They’re immature, they’re juvenile - and that’s not his fault, but he’s going to feel a lot less pressure and a lot less discomfort in himself if he changes those.
- Forbes interview, Dec 12
