Charector Development and Casting

For Joe I always had Matt Goodwill in mind as I have worked with him previously with a similar kind of charector. He'd already proven himself reliable, also I think he has an appropriate look for someone like Joe as illustrated in this screenshot from a previous film I made with him 'White Lies' :

To help me really pin Joe down I also drew some rough costume designs my intention being that in the party scenes he's putting on an uncomfortable act by being dressed awkwardly smart, it's part of his charm (I hope) :

Michael has been much harder. I orginally intended the part for John Platt who had also taken part in 'White Lies' but for personal reasons this became impossible so after asking around I had to fall back on James Hoye. I worked with him last year reasonably well but he has proven in the past to be quite unreliable so it's risky but ultimately I have no choice.

Again I sketched some cotume ideas for Michael: