Character portrait

My character, whom I have given the temporary name of Joe, is a middle aged small-town doctor. When he was a younger man he aspired to be an actor. In the late eighties, after graduating medical school, he auditioned for the part in big budget horror movie. The movie was a horrible flop - the director was a demanding Belgian who insisted the actors spoke the dialogue exactly as it was in the script - despite their protestations on how nonsensical and bizarre it was in English, the script was very loosely translated from Belgian, the crew was Belgian - the communication breakdown led to some very strange, confusing dialogue and acting on the part of the English speaking cast, including the lead character played by Joe and the bizarre nonsensical plot quickly earned the movie the title of "worst film of all time." It effectively ended Joe and the other casts acting careers - no one would hire actors who's sole credit was "the worst film of all time."
Aside from the odd audition, Joe gave up on his film acting aspirations and moved to his small home town where he began a successful medical practice. He is extremely successful in his hometown and loved immensely by all the citizens, becoming an integral thread in the small town's tight social fabric  but he still pines for fame and acting success.
Unbeknownst to him the "worst film of all time" has been rediscovered and has become an underground sensation and cult phenomenon. Eventually he finds out about his new fame. At indie screenings and conventions and basks in the cheers of "fans" and while he realizes their fandom is "ironic" due to the utter objective awfulness of the movie. The fans are laughing and cheering because the movie is so bizarre and nonsensical and the acting and writing so terrible. Thinking he can use his new fame to benefit charity in his hometown and plans a local screening. During the screening he is dismayed when his friends and local towns people dont laugh hysterically and cheer like the fans do at the screenings and conventions - they honestly love Joe and feel bad for him that he was in such a terrible movie. At another convention he meets other "failed celebrities" and this causes him to realize that his priorities were wrong. His "fans" were laughing at him because of his bad acting, they dont really care about him like his towns people do - Joe begins to feel like a sideshow freak and quits attending screenings and conventions. He goes home and finds contentment in his medical practice, he acts in local theatre productions, and makes his own movies that he screens for charity and posts on the internet.