Michael Sheehan

Michael Sheehan is a minor, antagonistic character in the novel "最佳影星."

Appearance
Michael Sheehan is a tall, good-looking man.

Personality
Due to having struggled at the bottom of Hollywood for over three years, his personality has become rotten on the inside. He easily becomes jealous of others and attempts to harm them to placate his ego.

Background
He came to Hollywood in the year 1996 from Nevada. Over three years, he went through a lot and only managed to participate in twenty film crews as an extra, which is why he was envious of Matthew Horner who managed to get a role in Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder starrer Girl, Interrupted a few months after he came to Hollywood.

Volume 1 (1999)
Michael Sheehan first met Matthew Horner outside Angel Agency while he was moving a heavy bookshelf inside the newly opened talent agency, along with a few other movers. Matthew decided to help the struggling movers before introducing himself to Michael Sheehan. The two were surprised to find that both of them were actors. At that time, Helen Hermann appeared and the two informed her of their purpose of signing with her talent agency. Matthew Horner became the agency's first customer while he, Michael Sheen, became the second customer.

A few days later, Helen Hermann called him to the agency where she informed him and dozens of other small-time actors that she had gotten a lot of quotas for extras in Ridley Scott's new film, Gladiator. He immediately signed up, as did Matthew Horner. However, due to the requirement of being on set for a whole week, he was fired by his employer. He sat together with Matthew on the bus to the set. While on the bus, he randomly muttered about when he would become a star like Russell Crowe, the star of Gladiator, to which most people on the bus laughed and teased him for being a fool. He became upset but didn't show his anger when he noticed their numbers. Still, he made a mental note to harass them when he became famous in the future, displaying his skewed and volatile mentality.

Inside the crew, he, once again, roomed with Matthew Horner. The next day, he noticed that Matthew always made sure to greet and appear in front of their agent, Helen Hermann. He attempted to mimic him but never got the opportunity as filming started. The afternoon, he was shocked to hear that Matthew's role had been bumped up from an extra to one with a few closeups and lines. He instantly became jealous and even attempted to convince Matthew to give the role to him. Naturally, Matthew wouldn't do such a foolish thing so he made an excuse about the role being decided upon by Helen Hermann, not him. During the remainder of the shooting, he was teased by the rest of the extras about how his buddy got a real role while he's still an extra.

A few weeks passed when he got a call from his agent, Helen Hermann, that she had gotten an audition slot for him for Britney Spears' new MV, Sometimes. He was very excited and rushed to Angel Agency but his excitement was dampened when he saw that Matthew Horner was also there for the audition. Still, he didn't outright display his annoyance towards Matthew. After the shooting, he was leaving the set with Matthew when the latter got a call. Due to Matthew's phone being old, it leaked the voice which allowed him to hear that the call was from the MV's director, Martin Jackson.

He was enraged when he learned that Jackson had invited Matthew to a hotel to "discuss" his role since he understood the subtext behind it. He realized that if Matthew truly sold his body to the director he would certainly get the role. As a result, he followed Matthew to the hotel. When he saw Matthew return from the elevator not even five minutes after going up, he realized that Matthew Horner had rejected the director's invitation. He decided that he should go in Matthew's place and steal this golden opportunity from him. Half-an-hour later, he exited the hotel while walking very awkwardly with his butt sticking out due to the pain.

He called Matthew to invite him to lunch tomorrow and gloat in front of him, unaware that Matthew had seen him enter the hotel's elevator and knew what he had done. The next day, he visited the Chinese restaurant that Matthew suggested, however, it soon became hell since the seats were rock hard and the food was way too spicy, aggravating the pain in his butt. After sending off Matthew, he somehow managed to enter a taxi with the help of the restaurant staff and return home.

A few days later, he walked into the final audition with only one other candidate other than himself and Matthew Horner. He watched the first candidate enter and walk out within ten minutes and inwardly cheered. However, his cheery mood instantly fell when Matthew didn't leave the audition room for over 40 minutes. When he finally came out, Michael Sheehan asked him why he had been inside for so long and Matthew lied by telling him that the director Martin Jackson had made him stay and perform longer. Sheehan became enraged when he realized that Jackson might still want to sleep with Matthew. He suddenly became worried about the audition's result. As he expected, his audition only lasted for ten minutes.

When Helen Hermann passed by him and informed Matthew Horner that he had gotten the role, he truly lost his mind and confronted the director. He even attacked him with a steel pipe on the shoulder. Luckily, Martin Jackson managed to run inside his office and locked himself. Even after the whole crew appeared, he didn't stop. He even revealed that he sold his body to Martin Jackson to get the role. Eventually, the police arrived, subdued him and carried him away. Due to being injured, Martin Jackson was unable to participate in the shooting and had to be replaced. That evening, Helen Hermann cancelled her contract with Michael Sheehan.

A few months later, Michael Sheehan went to a bar near Matthew Horner's workplace. He had been looking for Matthew Horner to settle his accounts with him since he realized that the latter had been aware of what he did with director Martin Jackson and had suggested that they eat at the Chinese restaurant just to torture him. However, he was unaware that Matthew had already resigned from Red Penguin Service so he wouldn't come to the bar anymore.

At that time, Morris entered the bar. He took one look at Michael Sheehan and realized that he was a struggling actor and tricked him into starring in a porno like he had previously tricked Matthew Horner. He stated that Sheehan would be a perfect fit for the bright and handsome supporting actor in the movie which was packaged to his talent agency. He made up excuses about being unable to inform about the specifics due to confidentiality reasons. Michael Sheehan believed that his luck had finally took a turn for the better and immediately accepted his offer. Afterwards, he became a porn actor. Even though it was not something he could be proud of, his standard of living significantly improved compared to his life in L.A.