short story about acting

there is a role that requires full devotion from the actor in order to act it well. the role is described brilliantly by a screenwriter. actors that read the script are moved by it and are both awe-struck and afraid at the same time of the role. they discuss it amongst themselves abstractly but they know that the role cannot be fully understood until they start undertaking the method acting for the role. they don’t know who the screenwriter is that wrote the role. they find out towards the end that the writer killed himself shortly after he completed the screenplay. it is clear that the character consumed the writer. the plot of the story itself was merely a background to the descriptions of this character. the small group of actors timidly discuss who will be the first to try the role. the main theme is contemplating what a personality can become …