In my novel The Merry Life of Charles Parker, our protagonist has an acquaintance by the name of Stevie Groll. He is obsessed with science fiction. He would love to write a story that was turned into a movie. It would need robots and maybe some monsters. He is sure to have seen 1954's The Forbidden Planet. And since he follows some of the movie magazines, he more than likely read an article on the movie and daydreamed of taking on the role of the leading man.