I’m so excited for a Bradley POV because I feel like he’s such a duck on water (pardon the bird pun) where he appears super chill and unfazed by everything, but inside he’s got lots of insecurities he doesn’t let others see? Like how he puts himself down that he’s not a good boyfriend 🥺 Does he get insecure about himself with Jake and his fame and photoshoots and looks and connections? About never being asked to stay either in past relationships?
Did he ever face media pressure as Goose’s son and constantly being questioned why he didn’t follow the same path? (I feel like some silly media would try to compare or pit Jake and Bradley against each other since Jake follows the same path they think Bradley should’ve as Goose’s son)
Movie Bradley also has such deep simmering anger - will we see angry boy one day?
Exactly!!! He's always cool, calm, collected, confident on the outside, but he has his own *stuff* inside. Reasons why he's never serious with anyone, issues with trust (look at becca, and others, who wanted him for his dad or connections), losing his first passion of baseball, etc. He's also never done the serious relationship thing, assumes he won't be good at it. It's also why it's kinda cool seeing him peel back the layers around Jake and let him in- let him see the flawed human, learn his story, in this last chap let himself be exhausted and collapse against him cuz he's fully there now. Even watching him get sillier and sillier, more free in some ways (even though he was still holding back) as they got to know each other...and meanwhile Jake's looking at Bradley like oh he's so unapologetically himself. I wish I was like that. They just....they make me crazy. There's so much I could say there.
Soooo angry Bradley was def around post accident. After that wreck, he talks about being an angry mess. He'd done some work to get to where he is now, less angry, but it's still kinda there, deep down sometimes. One of the fun things about this world is he has his parents though this time, and a good support system, and that helps. But we didn't see him this week and a half they were broken up, and he wasn't exactly happy when Jake showed back up. So to answer the question, yes :) (and it might pop out at some other point in the future too)
Basically- we're gonna crack his head open and see what's inside. It's def more than what he shows, ESPECIALLY up until around chap 20.