 oliver trask is a fictional character on the fox television series the o.c., portrayed by taylor handley. oliver appeared in the series' first season as a thorn in ryan atwood and marissa cooper's relationship, soon developing a severe obsession with the latter. after holding marissa captive at gunpoint in his penthouse, oliver was arrested and sent to a rehabilitation clinic. ==character development== ===concept and creation=== oliver was created by josh schwartz, whose concept for the character was "based on a guy...a friend of mine dated who faked having cancer to [hang on to her]." schwartz said of the guy "that kind of desperation and loneliness was really fascinating to me, and that's what inspired the oliver character." ===characterization=== {|class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#ffcc99; color:black; width:35em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |style="text-align: left;"|"instead of being poor, he was extremely wealthy. instead of being a good guy, this was a guy with an agenda and a little bit, ummm... not well. he was a lonely, lonely kid who was really going to get in the way and disrupt the relationship between ryan and marissa" |- |style="text-align: left;" |â josh schwartz on the character oliver |} taylor handley says of his character that "oliver is very intelligent, (...) and intelligent people are good manipulators." handley also elaborated that "[his] character is very needy due to his past" which would take some of marissa's attention away from ryan, and that, by request, he dyed his hair dark for the show to give "a more sinister look".{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/nia-vardalos-greek
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