What do we know about Director Ross Cullum?
Not much. As one of the two big bads of the major story arc involving Britt, Cassius, and cold fusion, we don’t have a lot of info on this character.
What we do know is that he is the European Director of the WSB.
He is an expert in all aspects and history of Caesar Faison (which includes his children, Peter, Britt, Nathan, and Cassius) as well as the villain’s scientific projects.
He's been involved in some criminal activities since around 2006.
He is trained in psychological warfare as proven when he manipulated Anna Devane into thinking Caesar Faison is still alive.
He is a highly trained martial combatant. He was even able to beat mob enforcer Jason Morgan in hand-to-hand combat.
He hired an assassin to bomb Sonny Corrithos’s penthouse in order to kill the mob boss. Hired a second assassin to kill Sonny in Los Angelos.
He can be incredibly polite and cordial when dealing with the public, unless he feels such subterfuge is no longer necessary, then he freely reveals his menacing personality.
He does not tolerate betrayal, and has shown incredible ruthlessness when dealing with those who have wronged him. This was displayed when he brutally stabbed Marco Rios seven times, leaving him to bleed out on the floor of the Miller & Davis Law Firm.
He has a sadistic streak, as shown in his dealings with both Britt Westbourne and Jack Brennan.
But that is about it on what we know about Ross Cullum.
I’d like to know his motives for betraying the WSB and working with Sidwell to create a cold fusion device in order to sell it to the highest bidder. Is it money? Revenge against the agency? Something else?
Is there any redeeming qualities of the character we’ve not seen yet?
Would he really kill Rocco if he learned he was the one who shot him?
Is he planning on killing Cassius once the cold fusion device is created and he has no further need of Faison’s children?
I ask these questions because while I really enjoy the character and he makes a great villain, we just don’t know any real details about why he’s doing what he’s doing. Just existing to be the big bad guy causing trouble for all our favorite GH characters is just not enough – we need to know what drives him to do what he does so that it gives meaning behind his actions. Otherwise, he just exists in the story to stir up trouble and to be an obstacle for our heroes.
I really hope the writers give us some insight into Director Ross Cullum soon to help us understand him a bit better as I think it would really add some layers to the story.
What do you all think?