Patience's Tale(CASTING ONGOING)
Nick Aucoin for Jaime Anderson
Jaime Anderson is 11 and the older of the twins. She is very independent. She doesn't really get her two brothers and she loves her mom's praise so she does whatever she can to earn it. She takes it really hard when she isn't performing to her mom's standards. (When she gets an A her mom is proud but her mom is disappointed if it's an A- or B+ etc). She used to love Ethan's stories too but in an attempt to please her mom, she's curtailed her own artistic calling to try to become that perfect S.T.E.M. child. However it's made her withdrawn, snippy and anti-social. Still, she tries hard even though her real passion is singing and drawing.
Ethan! Will you go to bed already? Some of us want to get beauty sleep.
Artists don't pay the bills, Quentin. You know this. We need to be smart about our futures. Just like mom always says. She has our best interests at heart.
Quentin: Then why did dad leave us?
(strained pause)
Jaime: Because dad sucks, okay? Now shut up and give me your cookie if you're not going to eat it.
Look, Ethan. I'm not a child anymore. Go tell your stories to Quentin. I'm not interested.
