Fan Casting Michael Curry in The Witches of Mayfair Trilogy

[The Irish immigrants] were tough people, people from whom Michael had inherited his powerful build, his determination...But nobody ever beat up Michael. He had enough healthy meanness from his father to punish anyone who even tried. Even as a child he was husky and uncommonly strong, a human being for whom physical action, even of a violent sort, was fairly natural. He liked to fight too. And the kids learned to leave him alone, and also he learned to hide his secret soul enough that they forgave him the few slips and generally liked him.