It
speaks to Shannon's talents that he can take such an
unlikeable character and, by portraying him as a ruthless pragmatist, turn 99 Homes into a more powerful and effective cri de coeur.
Glascott
spoke about Chekhov's creation of flawed human
characters, her's was a bored, frustrated, neglected woman who behaved disgracefully and that all the
characters in The Duel are both likeable and
unlikeable.