Even Matt Bomer thinks that Neal Caffrey is a woobie

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Even Matt Bomer thinks that Neal Caffrey is a woobie:

"What I loved about him from the get-go was that he was flawed. He had this veneer of the charming, hyper-intelligent, eloquent, sly mastermind, but underneath, he was really a kind of diehard romantic who would go to any lengths to find the love of his life. Not only was that his motivating force, but it was also kind of his Achilles heel, because then it ends up getting him caught. But I liked the fact that, even though the [face] he puts on is so suave and debonair, underneath there’s somebody who ... has a hard time, has always really relied on himself and doesn’t really trust a lot of people.

I want his flaws to come out, because that’s what it means to be a human being. Human beings are good, but they have a shadow; every single one of us has redeeming qualities and every single one of us has qualities that people can hold against us. That’s what makes us human.

I’m not interested in playing characters who are perfect—I think the fact that he does try to create that life for himself is what makes him human and is his redeeming quality. Because he’s trying to cover up for, ultimately, a life before that that was really, as a kid, probably really unfulfilling. That’s his way of controlling his environment, controlling his life, having some sense of control.

And, you know, I think he’s somebody who wants to have fun in any given circumstances. So, if he has the option of $700 a month getting him a flat in the ghetto, or an amazing house with Diahann Carroll as [his] landlady, that’s what [he's] going to choose. He finds that. He just puts that in his circle; he finds a way to live life to the fullest on whatever he’s given. Because I think when he was younger, he did not have any of those things. I think he’s somebody who from a very early age, had to fend for himself."

--From here, with edits for concision

1. Flawed character
2. with redeeming qualities
3. who hides his true self beneath a mask of self-confidence?

4. Whose joie de vivre is real
5. and who is a die-hard romantic
6. but who has a hard time letting other people in
7. because he had a bad childhood?

*sigh*

I am such a sucker for this character archetype, OH MY GOD.

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