I really love seeing a strong, arrogant person fall from grace. As much as I enjoyed him in First Class, with his smugness and optimism and confidence (in First Class, you hardly see Charles question himself or his own beliefs, he's completely secure in his view of the world and what's right), I'm just always going to be drawn to people when they're at their lowest point. When they've lost everything and are just beginning to rebuild the shambles.

He had nothing, but most importantly, he had so little faith in himself and his own abilities. He was raw and angry and volatile and self-loathing, and all the shit I love in a character.