Grim (Character)

Grim is a fictional character played by Mitch Murrant in the 2018 film, Grim.

Grim is the third and final iteration of Gordon Grim that appears in the third act.

Development and Casting
The character was created by Fritz Bishop in his initial draft of a script for Grim, originally conceived as the quietest, most subtly intimidating and genuinely threatening iteration of the protagonist. Tristan Baxter was initially cast in the role, however, after multiple revisions lead the character to be more charming and comedic while G.G became more aggressive, Mitch and Tristan switched roles.

Mitch was chosen based on his brief, yet highly acclaimed, performance as Shopsy in Bigsby.

Grim is the only iteration of the character that appears to be genuinely psychopathic, lacking any semblance of a moral conscience while failing to comprehend the gravity of his crimes. Grim enjoys openly brandishing a gun and threatening pedestrians with it, eventually taking an entire restaurant of people, and the film crew itself, hostage.

Much like Gordie, Grim appears to have a particular disdain for Ashley, he also appears to have a much more contemptuous relationship with Alastor, though he maintains relatively amicable towards Ira in the final act of the film.

Grim's final speech, in which he describes mercy killing a rabbit by decapitating it with a plastic shovel, is a true story that Fritz describes as a particularly traumatic event from his own childhood which he added in order to tell one true story in a film filled with rumors. This speech appears to be the only moment of genuine self reflection that Gordon demonstrates as any iteration of himself throughout the film before being arrested along with the rest of the film crew.

Appearances
Grim (2018)