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Janet Leigh, was well known for her role as Marion Crane(Mary Bates) in Psycho in the 60s. Her character dies in an iconic scene... She goes to her room and takes a shower, which feels to her like absolution for a crime she had commited. But it's too late for that. The motel owner enters the bathroom masquerading as his mother carrying a kitchen knife, which he uses to stab Mary to death.
Janet Leigh appeared in other thrillers like Touch of Evil and The Fog. She plays similar helpless characters in most of her films and is usually a victim. She was chosen for her role in Psycho for her good looks and acting skills. This meant that she was type casted from then on.
JAWS
Spielberg wished to avoid hiring any big stars. He felt that "somewhat anonymous" performers would help the audience "believe this was happening to people like you and me",
Quint was a typical shark hunter and normal looking therefore the audience could relate to him which is what Spielberg wanted for his Jaws movie. Quint captained the boat and became part of local lore after his last trip out to sea in a bid to capture a giant killer shark. Hired to catch the shark, Quint was joined by characters Brody, and Hooper to try and capture and kill the shark. Quint was chosen for the leading role in Jaws as his appearance and accent was typical of a shark hunter which added to to mystery of the thriller and enabled the audeince to relate to it.
Typical thriller characters include:
Antagonist (villain/badguy)
Protagonist (hero/goodguy)
Anti-hero
Detectives/crime solvers
Red herring (disruption of the main focus)
Femme fatal (typical seductive women)
Damsel in distress (happy ending)
Sidekick/helper/accomplice
Victims
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