Adam Peyton

Name: Adam Peyton

Age: 17

Actor: Will Haynes

Background:

Adam doesn’t seem to be the kind of person that would associate himself with Stevie, due to his middle class family and above average intelligence. Despite this, he has been Stevie’s best friend for most of their lives and he has often convinced Stevie not to go through with something that could end up going wrong

Strengths/Weaknesses

• Intelligent
• Loyal
• Morally knowledgeable

• Troublemaker
• A “disappointment” to those who thought he would excel at school
• Doesn’t react well to authority.

Reasons for character name
This name was chosen as it sounds more middle class than the other male character but still sounds fairly common. The spelling “Peyton” over “Paton” was used to emphasise this aspect of the character.

Reasons for choice of actor
He was readily available for filming shoots and had the clothing that the character required. He also played a similar character in another media project. The four teenage actors are very good friends so they have a good chemistry.

Character Inspiration
This character is loosely based on the James McAvoy’s character, Steve McBride, from Channel 4’s hit TV show, Shameless.