Post by feorin on Jan 28, 2011 21:50:48 GMT -5
For the record, the Marshall/Corrine relationship was written into the show bible, before even the first script was written. Here are my character descriptions from the original bible, which was written about three years before the show went into production. As you'll see, Corrine has a different last name and the characters aren't exactly the same as they ended up being in the series:
CORRINE BREYER
Corrine, a fourteen year old African-American girl, is a standout student at Blake Holsey High. Focused and determined, Corrine has always had to be best at everything she’s ever done. You name the class, she’s gotten an “A” in it, while at the same time managing to be a star athlete in both tennis and volleyball. Both her parents are doctors, over-achievers who beat the odds, and they expect nothing less from Corrine. Corrine has no intention of letting them down.
Corrine has always been highly competitive and she’s gotten used to being the only girl in all the tough science and math classes. So she isn’t sure how she feels when Josie joins the club. But rather than being threatened by Josie, Corrine is surprised to find that she likes having another girl around. There isn’t any cattyness between them like with a lot of girls in school and Corrine finds it pretty hysterical when together she and Josie end up showing the guys that science isn’t just a boy’s game.
Corrine and Josie become fast friends and confidants. And when Lucas starts to get angry at Josie for her friendship with Vaughn, Corrine is invariably the one that Josie turns to for advice. But what about Corrine’s social life? Well she’s never been a social butterfly and has always put her academic and athletic activities first. But since kindergarten, she’s had one friend who’s always been there for her. Lately, he’s starting to get on her nerves more than ever. It seems that the older they get, the more they disagree and argue. Still, at the end of the day she can’t imagine what life would be like without Marshall Wheeler.
MARSHALL WHEELER
Marshall, a fourteen year old Caucasian boy, is pretty much what you’d expect to see in a science club. Yes, he’s a geek and he wears the label proudly. After all, with the proliferation of computers and the internet, being a nerd isn’t nearly the form of social leprosy it once was. But he’s still not about to start telling the school that he has every episode of Star Trek: Voyager on tape or that he still collects Pokemon cards. After all, Marshall is at the age where he’s starting to notice girls and he does have a reputation to protect… sort of.
If only girls weren’t so….complicated. Becoming a teenager, Marshall says, is like entering a great unknown. Marshall hates unknowns. That’s why he sticks to things that he knows he’s good at, like math, science and computers. So if he’s so afraid of unknowns, why does he stay in a club where anything and everything can and does happen? Two words. Corrine Breyer. He knows how dangerous the club can be and wouldn’t be able to live with himself if something were to happen to her and he wasn’t there to watch her back. No matter how much they may sometimes annoy each other she’s still his best friend and that’s what best friends are for.
that is so cool! could you post stuff like this for all the characters?
I second this suggestion, if it is possible. I'm curious to see how other characters may have changed from the planning stage to the actual series.