Phillip Daniels, formerly Durand but his agent insisted he change it to something 'more American' for broader appeal, is Lead Actor 1. He's been in the industry since he was about 17, doing a mix of acting/singing/modeling, and broke through when he was 20 in a film the studio had already written off but turned into box office gold thanks to his sheer talent as the lead. He's never been out of work since.
To this day he's considered to be one of the most talented and beloved stares in Vineland, but he is aware that the industry is fickle and is therefore always very worried about it all being taken from him- which is how he got roped into this stupid publicity stunt by the Producer. He's already regretting it, if only for the way the tabloids seem to be trying to use anything he does to smear his otherwise very favorable reputation.
He also grew up around Vineland (his parents were both very low-level studio workers, so he was around enough to know how badly he wanted to be on screen but never had the connections on their own to get him in), so if your character has been in the industry for a while they might have known him as a child!
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To this day he's considered to be one of the most talented and beloved stares in Vineland, but he is aware that the industry is fickle and is therefore always very worried about it all being taken from him- which is how he got roped into this stupid publicity stunt by the Producer. He's already regretting it, if only for the way the tabloids seem to be trying to use anything he does to smear his otherwise very favorable reputation.
He also grew up around Vineland (his parents were both very low-level studio workers, so he was around enough to know how badly he wanted to be on screen but never had the connections on their own to get him in), so if your character has been in the industry for a while they might have known him as a child!