One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a lead. I think that's a recipe for failure actually because if they become unsympathetic you lose your audience.
If you're not a born-again Christian you're a failure as a human being.
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In God's world for those who are in earnest there is no failure. No work truly done no word earnestly spoken no sacrifice freely made was ever made in vain.