Detective Alex Vale is measured, observant, and emotionally contained. A career investigator shaped by decades of watching public narratives overpower truth. Assigned to a murder case, Alex recognizes a dangerous pattern: the evidence is too clean, performative, ready to be believed. Videos appear authentic. Faces look real. Timelines align enough to pass. While others react, Alex listens. While the internet rushes to judgment, Alex distrusts anything that can be clipped, shared, or liked. They understand that in the age of deepfakes. That doubt is now a professional necessity. Emotionally guarded but deeply ethical. Their arc is not about redemption, but resistance: insisting on due process in a culture addicted to certainty. This role favors an actor who commands presence through stillness and subtext rather than exposition. Authority comes from intelligence, not volume.

A conflicted mother caught between fear, guilt, and self-preservation. Intelligent, emotionally layered, and capable of carrying intense dramatic scenes. Appears via video feeds and live stream. Must convey terror, regret, and moral collapse.

Smart, emotionally open, and chronically underestimated. She’s the kind of person who believes connection is protection — that being kind, loyal, and visible online will ultimately keep her safe. That belief is brutally tested. When Kylie wakes up imprisoned inside a live streamed tech experiment, she’s forced to confront the terrifying reality that her image, her voice, and her identity no longer belong to her. As strangers vote on her fate in real time, realizing too late that vulnerability in a digital world can be weaponized.

Polished, socially fluent, and afraid of losing status. Curates her life carefully. Believes reputation is survival. Isn’t cruel by nature, but is profoundly self-protective. Jessica’s role is complex: exists in two versions, the manipulated deepfake projection of herself and the unaware, real-world version caught up in distraction and privilege.