@lunalein@bookstodon Ironically, “Bright Lights, Big City” did such a great job of convincing readers that they themselves were the main character that many of those readers rebelled against seeing someone else play “them” in the movie version. Hollywood cast Everyman actor Michael J. Fox, who appeared on movie posters as a reflection in a car window, from viewers’ POV, as if saying, “I’m playing YOU.” He did a great job, I thought, but not all readers agreed.