In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There were so many intellectual leaps. My character, Stick, is blind, but he can see better than most people. So I had trouble kind of finding the logic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
This is not the story of Elektra from the comics. We're telling the story of 'Daredevil.' In this aspect, the storylines accentuate the sociopathic tendencies in her. The writers wanted to highlight that Elektra is quite manipulative and doesn't seem to have a conscience.
I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with these huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior.
The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.
You have to play the logic of a character.
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.
I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.