Downtownies

Cast

Below is an introduction to the main cast members of Downtownies.

Benjamin ‘Ben’ Reiley
Growing up with a normal, middle class family Ben attended Pleasentview High, where he befriended Juliet Layton-Smith. Upon arriving at SSU he was quick to gather a group of friends, and became the glue holding them all together. Ben is seen as everyone’s friend, and cannot stand arguments and petty fights that disrupt the group dynamic. He is a shoulder to cry on for anyone who should need it. Despite seeing himself as a leader figure Ben is quick to hide his own personal life, by hiding things he feels may cause a problems amongst the other six.

Carlie Blythe
Carlie was raised in Bluewater Village. Her parents owned a toy shop, but with her mother constantly busy with the shop, and her father dealing with the economic side of it she received little attention from her parents. Arriving at University she befriended Sarah and began to spend her time with the other six. She later met Harry Freeman, who was at that point a junior, while she was a sophomore. They were later engaged and planning the wedding of a life time, despite having a tight budget. Carlie sees herself as a friend to everyone and an excellent judge of character. However as she has learnt in the past, sometimes first impressions can be very wrong.

Dale Ryan
Even from a young age Dale was never very sociable. His main aims were to achieve good grades, get a good job, and have a good life. However adulthood caught up with him, and after meeting Jason and Ben he began to realise there was more to life than studying and books, however as much as he tried, his shyness always lead him away from socialising and back to his studies. His jealousy of Jason and his countless string of girlfriends already caused several disputes and an increasing friction between the two. All the ups and downs have caused Dale to learn that he can’t learn friendship from a book.

Jason Greene
Jason had the perfect childhood, until he discovered his father’s affair at the age of fifteen. He felt responsible for the break up of his parent’s marriage and stopped being the perfect son they adored. He had always been popular with the opposite sex, but finally decided to embrace it, instead of shy away. It had become a lifestyle for him and but when he enrolled at SSU Jason finally found a group of friend he could rely on. He had been in a group of friends before but the friendship between him and Ben was new. While still seeing many different women and never getting committed Jason’s friendships became the most important things. However Jason doesn’t appreciate his attitude can get him into very messy situations which are sometimes possible to avoid. 

Juliet Layton-Smith
Juliet was born into a rich family, and her upbringing was more than luxurious. From youth she and Ben were close friends, and remained so through university. A self confesses daddy’s girl, Juliet holds her family close. She has a spoilt side, but she is more mature and sensible than people first expect. Despite being close to her parents she and her younger spoilt sister Joanna don’t get along, but nonetheless she will always help out her family or friends when they are in need, something that is either seen as a great attribute or a great weakness.

Lisa Drake
Brought up her mother only she was always taught to live life to the fullest and enjoy her youth while she still could. She kept this attitude with her all her life, and is living life while she is young. She was a roommate of both Sarah and Juliet in university, and earned her friendship with the others through there. She enjoys nothing more than to have fun with her friend’s ether that is on a night out or a night in. She fears responsibility, finding maintaining her poodle FiFi a challenge enough, but she doesn’t realise responsibility can be forced onto you without choice.

Sarah Johnson
As a young girl Sarah always thought that the good things would happen to her without fail, and that she had to have her happy ending. Through school she longed to find her high school sweetheart, but failed. Arriving at SSU she made friends with Juliet, who introduced her to Ben. It was love at first sight, and Sarah believed she had found her Mr Right, but she later learnt that bigger things stood in her path. One lesson she has learnt is that her dreams won’t be easy to catch, but she doesn’t realise that the future is unpredictable, and you never know what to expect.

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