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The
only people who mean more to Seth than Debbie are his family,
particularly his demanding and emotionally cut-off father, played by
Ron Rifkin. Rifkin likened the script to a modern Greek tragedy. "It
read to me like myth, a story about this kid who has the power to
become anything he wants and yet blows his chances. There are so many
missed opportunities and crossed paths between father and son, it
really moved me in a way I donīt often get touched," he comments.
As for
the character of Marty Davis, Rifkin says: "I think heīs a very moral
guy who loves his children but just isnīt able to express it. He wants
so much more out of his son, who he feels is squandering his great
talents. He is deeply and profoundly disappointed in him, but the only
way he knows how to express it is in disdain. Heīs a very human
character to me, humanly flawed."
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