Typical Characters

I have done some research about the typical characters that you are likely to see in thrillers. Usually the main protagonist is a man. I think the reason for this is because the typical audiences of thrillers is male and that men want to empathise with the man character and be like them for example every man wants to be James Bond and the women go to see James Bond to see him because he is attractive. Another reason is because a lot of thrillers use the typical story template of a women in trouble and the man trying to save her. The typical fairytale of a damsel in distress and a night in shining armour saving the day. This will heavily influence me for when the group come to decide on a plot and characters because we will need to decide whether we are going to conform with the code and conventions and have a male lead or whether we are going to go against that and decide to have a female lead like in some of the new thrillers such as The Eye with Jessica Alba.