Research into character

So the team is currently trying to figure out what else our main character might have to deal with further down the film, just so we get a better idea of how to implement impactful imagery that will convey our message to the audience about what he is currently struggling with. Now I did some minor research on addictions and disorder in the 80’s and even some more research towards harmful behaviors, were going to get very psychological. I came to the obvious conclusion that a large portion of addictions in the 80’s was hard drugs, but the most common was cocaine, now we still know it sounds kind of basic our premise but with our ideas coming together I doubt it will be anything close to basic. So as mentioned we will explore how our character deals with his fame with hard drugs. I introduced the idea of maybe having an HIV or AIDS diagnosis on our character but we’re still on the fence about it, we don’t want to add too many cliches. In an article in https://news.gallup.com/poll/6352/decades-drug-use-80s-90s.aspx it states things such as crack cocaine affecting the youth and how highly addictive it was, so the addiction part is going to be easy to believe and implement. We’re still discussing wether our character will be in his early twenties and have him be a heartthrob or that he’s a man later down the path of stardom who has to face the harsh reality that he isn’t as popular anymore. I would love to do the older gentlemen but we’ll have to see after it is a group effort.