This is going to be extremely helpful. Thanks!

Hi Scott. Christopher Lockhart wrote the ICM document you are doing this series on. He had the following to add after I posted your link on his group and said I could mention it here: "...the reason I suggested six was because as you got to seven, eight or nine characters, you were often dealing with roles that were too small for our clientele. At an agency, a list of characters is used as a casting breakdown - a way to educate agents as to the important roles in a script, what they look like and the function they serve within the story. This helps an agent decide if the part is appropriate for Paul Giamatti or Freddie Prinze, Jr.. Ultimately, it was left up to the discretion of the Story Analyst as to how many characters to include. It was usually between five and eight with an average of six. Sometimes, an agent would request an extended character breakdown. At a smaller agency - that doesn't have movie stars - they would be less interested in the big parts and would, instead, focus on the seventh, eighth, ninth (and so on) roles down. However, in a case like LOVE ACTUALLY or CRASH, the coverage character list might include a dozen or more characters, because it's an ensemble piece and many of the roles are significant."

Thanks for that, Bob. Helpful info.