Who could be Howard Gold?

As I write films, I tend to think of different kinds of actors that would be potentially good for the parts. As I write scenes, I imagine them like a movie as I'm writing. I'm sure many people do that with books and they see what's going on as they read it.

After having written enough scenes, I was seeing Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Gold. And Clive Owen as restaurateur Nathan Billiam.

The thing with Leonardo DiCaprio is that he plays characters that are going through struggles. I've seen part of Revolutionary Road and I know that that's about a married couple going through problems in their lives. And with Howard, he's struggling to earn a promotion. He has a degree in Photography and works part-time in a camera store with a photography studio upstairs. And he really wants to be a photographer. But as he works for the promotion, he learns more about cooking and eventually becomes talented and gets the job offer for Nathan's restaurant.

That's when Howard begins to think about his future. He only started the cooking thing because Joanne wanted meals to be ready when she gets home from work. Should Howard do what he cares about and is excited to do, like being a photographer? Or should he accept a great job and a start at a position in a new field where he skipped the first few entry-level positions? He would most likely be a busboy, then a host(ess), then a waiter, then head chef. But Nathan wants him to skip all that and be the head chef.

Howard was really working hard to be a photographer, but he never wanted to be a professional chef in the first place.

Because of this big decision, is why I see Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Gold. And I see Clive Owen as Nathan Billiam because Clive has some sort of ability to play the owner of a very classy restaurant or big business.