Ryan atwood wikipedia
Ryan atwood wikipedia
The O.C....
Ryan Atwood
Fictional character from The O.C.
Fictional character
Ryan Francis Atwood (born March 19, 1988) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fox television series The O.C., portrayed by Ben McKenzie.
Atwood is an outcast and troubled teenager from Chino, California, who is given a second chance when the wealthy Cohen family takes him in.
Concept and creation
Casting
| "When Benjamin [McKenzie] came in, he wasn't physically what Josh [Schwartz] had envisioned, but he inhabited the character, unlike anyone we had seen.
I think that the character of Ryan is a kid that always seems a little lost and has a sense of mystery and danger; Benjamin has all those qualities." |
| — Patrick Rush on the casting of Benjamin McKenzie as Ryan[1] |
The O.C.'s casting director Patrick Rush found the role of Ryan particularly hard to cast.[1]Chad Michael Murray refused the role in favor of playing Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill.[2]