 Will was created in 2006 along with another three characters created at the same time as part of a new group of characters branded "20 somethings".Nicky Whelan, Ben Lawson and Natalie Saleeba were cast as Pepper Steiger, Frazer Yeats and Rosetta Cammeniti respectively, around the same time as Christian Clark was cast as Will.Clark said that his agent suggested he audition and received the part the thereafter he stated it all happened really quickly.