Character Profile: Helen Strong

Name: Helen Strong
Actor: Sorrel Lawrence
Age: 18
Place Of Birth: Norwich, England.
Occupation:  University Student
Ethnicity: White, British.
Address: 27 Birkbeck Road, Norwich
 Religion: Christianity(Forced into it)








Personal Profile: Helen Strong is David Strong's daughter, she has lived in Norwich her whole life and been forced into following her father's beliefs and ideals. She has been rebellious ever since her mother passed away and has detested her father her whole teenage life and was scared of him when she was a child. She makes out that she follows his rules but does the complete opposite to whatever he says. The biggest rule she has broken was seeing her current boyfriend Caesar Arjana, this is because he is of a different ethnicity and grew up in the Caribbean. Helen goes to the same university as Caesar and spends as much time with him as possible without her father finding out but when her father discovers her relationship, she is oblivious to what is going to happen.
Why we have chosen this character?

This character is our femme fatale, she is inspired by "Eve" from Once Upon A Time In America and "Lisbeth Slander" from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The character is inspired by "Eve" because she acts innocent and gets caught up in the quarrel between "Noodles" and the gangsters that are after him. Just like Helen gets caught up between the hatred between her father and Caesar her boyfriend. "Eve" acts innocent and knows nothing of "Noodles" whereabouts. This is similar to the personality we were lookin to put across in our character Helen. But Helen also has been inspired by "Lisbeth Slander" from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because she is rebelious and independant. Her appearance is greatly inspired by her as well, with dark clothing they gives a sense of mystery. "Lisbeth" is mysterious, intelligent and rebellious, this is what we our character to have aspects of.

The name Helen was influenced by the historic character "Helen of Troy" formerly known as "Helen of Sparta".  She is influenced by "Helen of Troy" because we wanted our character to be seen as beautiful, elegant but seductive. The conflict between her husband "Menelaus" and "Paris" the prince of Troy is similar to the conflict between David Strong and Caesar Arjana, it is as if Caesar Arjana is taking Helen from her father, jut as "Paris" takes "Helen of Troy" from " Menelaus".
Why we have chosen this actor?
The actor is Sorrel Lawrence, she is 16 and a member of our group. She plays the character well, she looks innocent but is really rebellious inside. This is what we wanted for the character.