Brotherhood

CAST NOTES


Braeden Ciardha Macleod (daddy\'s favorite)(bad brother)(Braeden - Celtic - \"From the Dark Valley\")(Ciardha- Gaelic - \"dark\") (suggested actor: Jason Statham)

Jordan Wyatt Macleod (Ma\'s favorite)(good brother) (Wyatt - English -Means \"brave in war\", derived from Old English wig \"war\" and heard \"brave, hardy\". Wyatt Earp was an American lawman and gunfighter involved in the famous shootout at the OK Corral.) (suggested actor: Mark Wahlberg)

Ma (Elsie Clinton-Macleod) (English, Biblical - variant of Elizabeth - From Elisabet, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Elisheba meaning \"my God is an oath\" or perhaps \"my God is abundance\". In the New Testament this is the name of the mother of John the Baptist. It was also borne by the 12th-century Saint Elizabeth, a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary who became a Franciscan nun and lived in poverty. It was also the name of a ruling queen of England and an empress of Russia. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II and actress Elizabeth Taylor.) (suggested actress: Jane Kaczmarek)

Daddy (Patrick Macleod, deceased)(From the Roman name Patricius, which meant \"nobleman\" in Latin. A 5th-century saint, the patron saint of Ireland, adopted this name (his birth name was Sucat). During his youth he was captured by Irish raiders and enslaved, but after six years of servitude he escaped to his home in Britain. Eventually he became a bishop and went back to Ireland as a missionary, where he succeeded in Christianizing the entire country.)

Cissy (Clarice) Eleanor Sherwood (good girl through and through; preacher\'s daughter who is risking being disowned by her family for dating (bad brother); trying to save him)(From the Late Latin name Claritia, which was derived from Latin clarus \"clear, bright, famous\".) (Sherwood - English - From an English place name (or from a surname which was derived from it) meaning \"bright forest\". This was the name of the forest in which the legendary outlaw Robin Hood made his home.) (suggested actress: Michelle Pheiffer)

Josiah Matthias Sherwood (Preacher, father of Cissy; disapproves of her relationship with Braeden; \"fire and brimstone\") (suggested actor: Robert Duvall)

Judith Abiah Sherwood (Preacher\'s wife; mother of Cissy; doesn\'t really approve of Braeden, but wants her daughter to be happy, and believes Cissy can save Braeden; much more forgiving than her husband) (suggested actress: Susan Sarandon)

Abbadon Teivel (boss gangster #1)(Abbadon - Biblical - Means \"ruin, destruction\" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.) (Teivel - Means \"devil\" in Yiddish.) (suggested actor: James Caan)

Nimrod Iscariot (boss gangster #2 - sidekick of Teivel)(Nimrod - Biblical - Meaning unknown, possibly of Babylonian origin or possibly meaning \"rebel\" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Nimrod was a renowned hunter, the great-grandson of Noah. He was the founder of Babylon.)

Frances Peabody (Crabby old neighbor lady; Braeden blows up her fence at age 11)

Achan Nadab (Achan - Biblical - Possibly a variation of the Hebrew word achar meaning \"trouble\". In the Old Testament Achan was stoned to death because he stole forbidden items during the assault on Jericho. Nadab - Biblical - Means \"generous\" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Aaron in the Old Testament. He was consumed by flames and killed when he offered unauthorized fire to God.) (Competition to be \"eliminated\") (suggested actor: Richard Marcinko)