Young Anthony (played by Keidrich Sellati) is a protagonist in Rockaway.
Anthony is John's older brother and a central victim of their father's abuse. He helps devise revenge by slingshotting a light bulb and pushing the boiler, stands up for John with their friends, saves their mother from the fire, and ultimately dies after trying to rescue his father from the basement. Young John (played by Maxwell Apple) appears in Rockaway.
John is Anthony's younger brother, traumatized by witnessing their mother being beaten. He bonds with Sal, Billy, Dom, and Brian through sports and a shared love of the Knicks, while drawing and identifying with Gordie's story. After Anthony's death, John grieves and leaves without telling the others where he is going. Young Brian (played by Tanner Flood) appears in Rockaway.
Brian is a member of the boys' close-knit group formed around Anthony and John. He joins them at the basketball court, plays baseball with them, watches the Knicks game at Sal's house, and supports the brothers when their father's anger threatens them. Years later, he is revealed to have become a father. Young Billy (played by Harrison Wittmeyer) appears in Rockaway.
Billy is part of the group that befriends Anthony and John and stands with them against their father's hostility. He later confronts Anthony, arguing that Anthony is becoming no different from their father, creating a serious moral conflict within the friendship before the boys' final night together.
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Characters
Young Anthony
(played by Keidrich Sellati) — protagonist
Anthony is John's older brother and a central victim of their father's abuse. He helps devise revenge by slingshotting a light bulb and pushing the boiler, stands up for John with their friends, saves...
Young John
(played by Maxwell Apple) — supporting
John is Anthony's younger brother, traumatized by witnessing their mother being beaten. He bonds with Sal, Billy, Dom, and Brian through sports and a shared love of the Knicks, while drawing and ident...
Young Brian
(played by Tanner Flood) — supporting
Brian is a member of the boys' close-knit group formed around Anthony and John. He joins them at the basketball court, plays baseball with them, watches the Knicks game at Sal's house, and supports th...
Young Billy
(played by Harrison Wittmeyer) — supporting
Billy is part of the group that befriends Anthony and John and stands with them against their father's hostility. He later confronts Anthony, arguing that Anthony is becoming no different from their f...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Young Anthony → Young John
(Family Brother)
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Young Anthony → Young Brian
(Social Close Friend)
Young Anthony → Young Billy
(Social Close Friend)
Young John → Young Brian
(Social Close Friend)
Young John → Young Billy
(Social Close Friend)
Story Analysis
A surviving brother revisits a childhood shaped by abuse, friendship, moral conflict, and irreversible loss.
