Dad

About the Job

Late 20s to early 30s, built but approachable. Looks like he works with his hands or manages a team. Not a pushover — just a regular guy who's good at his job and loves his family but is slightly out of his depth when a talking caribou shows up in his truck bed. Character Background: Marcus is a 30-year-old site supervisor for a construction company in the suburbs of Atlanta. He's up before 6am every day, which is why he's pulling into the driveway at a weird hour. He bought his pickup two years ago at a dealership because he needed it fast and didn't negotiate hard enough on the rate. Carol (his wife) has been doing pilates for three months and won't stop talking about it, which makes the Caribou's line land even harder for the audience. He's not the guy who reads the fine print — he's the guy who means to but never does. Caribou is literally the intervention he needed. Voice & Energy: Grounded, a little dry, reacts to absurdity with exhausted practicality rather than over-the-top shock. His "Honey?!" should feel less like panic and more like a man who has learned to outsource the unexplainable to his wife. He's likable because he never tries too hard. When he says "can you do my parking tickets too?" — that's just how his brain works. Practical, even in the impossible.