Wesley Becker

About the Job

Male Lead, 18 - 25, star football player who secretly loves photography and who becomes infatuated with Lex and wants to uncover her true identity. Appearance: Classic “golden boy” jock energy in how he carries himself--confident, athletic build, easy smile that plays well in hallway politics. Lives in team hoodies, worn in jeans, and whatever’s clean in his locker. When he’s sneaking time with his camera, he keeps it low-key: a backpack with his gear tucked inside and a camera strap shoved under a hoodie. Personality: Wes is outwardly laid-back, charming, and quick with a joke. He’s the kind of guy teachers like, and teammates rally around. He’s competitive and driven, but most of that drive has been drilled into him by years of pressure at home. Privately, he’s more thoughtful and sensitive than he lets on. He downplays his creative side because he knows his dad--and the football culture around him--would see it as a weakness or waste of potential. His internal conflict lives between the future everyone else demands from him and the quieter dream he barely lets himself think about. Objective: Stay on track for a football scholarship to keep his dad off his back and live up to the town’s expectations while secretly holding onto his photography enough that it doesn’t die completely. As he grows closer to Lex, that objective shifts: he admits that he might want a future both on and off the field, and he finds the courage to choose that future for himself, even if it disappoints his dad and Sea Breeze.