Amanda Abrey Delaney Character Description
The Power of a Pawn was originally conceived by Paul Spite as a film, based on a short story. Research and counsel led Paul to lengthen his original short story into a full-length legal thriller novel before tackling the production of the movie.
However, the dream and plan is still the same: To produce The Power of a Pawn – The Movie when the opportunity arises. To that end, we offer the first of many character descriptions that hopefully will help potential actors and actresses to understand the characters in the film.
*DISCLAIMER: This character description and others to follow are not final by any means. They represent how the characters are envisioned at this time by author Paul Spite and his team.*
###
Character: Amanda Abrey Delaney
Short description: The widow of Thomas Delaney, Amanda is devastated by the upheaval of her world created by his death. She has had enough of loss by the time she wakes up in her kitchen at the opening of The Power of a Pawn.
Race: Caucasian
Age: Early- to mid-thirties.
Height/weight: 5’7″-5’10″ or so, in the neighborhood of 145-155 lbs.
Other physical characteristics: Amanda is thin and fairly athletic. She is still a runner, especially after her husband dies and she is facing stress again. She runs at night after the kids are asleep. Envisioned with brown or auburn hair, a little longer than shoulder length. It is generally worn straight and as maintenance-free as possible. She is pretty when she tries to be, which is not often.
Other general thoughts: Amanda deals with stress by running outwardly and inwardly. She dares to hope for love again, in spite of her losses.
Special fan revelations: Amanda is the PAWN in the The Power of a Pawn.
###
QUESTION: Does this character description fit how you envisioned Amanda as you read The Power of a Pawn? Why or why not? If you are an actress, would you be interested in being Amanda in The Power of a Pawn – The Movie?
We would love to hear your thoughts and feel free to ask questions about Amanda Abrey Delaney.
Cindy Navarro (80)
Linda Rahaim (57)
Enid (50)
Lori Ann (47)
Dale (18)
David Dube (17)
Sonja (13)
Dwayne Castle (11)
Serilda (8)
Patty Pritt Rosel... (7)
I thought Amanda was the pawn
Now to find out the knight …… But seriously, Amanda is such an intriguing character as she is trying to cope with such a loss while being pulled through the ringer. Her character will be wonderful for an actress to portray as she goes through so many things while God is moving through her and the nightmare the media has forced on her life and those she holds dear.
I imagined her a bit thinner, almost gaunt. I am glad the actress won’t have to starve herself to fit my vision. I also thought when she is running she might pull her hair back in a clip or a covered rubber band that she always carries.
Back when this went onto the facebook site to tempt all of us as we were waiting for the book to be published I had written “All of us know that we should sit our troubles into God’s hand and let him carry us in times of need, but it is hard to accept sometime when we pray that God has a plan for us, even if it isn’t always the plan we would choose ourself. I wonder if the sense of peace was due to everything going as it should be, in which case I must ask myself again – is Amanda God’s pawn or the pawn of the people?” This book really fleshes out the character of Amanda and finding out the answer to my question by reading the story fully was a spiritual journey to the truth..