An emotional eight-year-old boy with an active imagination and divorced parents. After his sister Claire's friends crush his snow fort, his sister ignores it, and his mother prioritizes boyfriend Adrian over their planned evening, Max wreaks havoc, bites his mother during a chase, and flees home in his wolf suit. Reaching an island of Wild Things, he convinces them he is a king with magical powers, is crowned, orders a fort built and leads a wild rumpus, but ultimately admits he is no king and sails home to his mother.
The older Pedulla son who suffers from a severe anxiety disorder and is secretly gay. He prompts the group to attend a bat mitzvah to steal money, and ultimately accepts his sexuality after Noah helps him through a crisis involving his medication being thrown from a moving car.
Young Stephen is Bloom's older brother during their childhood as orphans moving through foster homes. He creates an elaborate plan to encourage Bloom to speak to a girl, turning the attempt into their first confidence trick and revealing the imagination and control that later define their partnership.
The neglected son of the Neville family who purchases the Blinky robot hoping to mend his parents' relationship, but his frustration and conflicting commands ultimately trigger the robot's violent malfunction.
Max Records has 6 screen credits in a career dating back to 2009. Signature works include Where the Wild Things Are, The Sitter, I Am Not a Serial Killer. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
