latch onto

It’s not enough that the actors are fantastic at their jobs; they need to have the space to create characters who are realistic enough for an audience to latch onto.

“Some people don’t want to see a physical person in front of a screen. They want to see anime girls. I think people latch onto the idea that it’s something that is different and bigger than me and bigger than them. It’s a new world.”

He said he figured the Trump administration and its supporters will latch onto it, showing a Los Angeles they claim is in chaos to justify the use of military force.

How was it for you to mine through all that, and were there specific things that really helped you latch onto Erik and Lyle?

“He started backing up and his lever came down and basically he was just backing up trying to latch onto our car.”