What's in a Name?

So I’m getting more and more responses to the copies of the script I sent out. An interesting one came up recently. One reader's (Erik Gustafson) biggest concern was that the character based on my retained my actual name. He thought that for the script it was ok but when the movie was finished it would be strange to see "written and directed by Jared Scott Mercer" and then find out the character that frames the film has the same name. He said it might be jarring and could come off weird. He also said that it limits the range of the writing by forcing it to stay true. He suggested I change all the names. I haven't yet decided what exactly I’m going to do. hmmmm. I’ll think about it.

I saw brad golden today. I really want him to play Officer Navarro. I emailed him a while ago but he didn't answer. Anyway I was walking down the street to go get my hair cut and I hear "Jared!" I turn and it's him driving his van in the middle of rush hour. I asked if he got my email and he said he did. I had told him that the students really want him to run the studio that the school of theatre and film is building. He yelled to me to keep him updated but he meant about the job not about the movie. I will. I’ll email him again and hope that this time he replies.