Ice (Tucker Smith)

Character Analysis

Ice is Riff's second in command, the one chosen to fight Bernardo at the big rumble and who takes over command of the Jets when Riff gets killed. There's not much to him, really. Just another face in a gang full of faces. But he's the guy who holds the Jets together after Riff is killed. At the beginning of "Cool," when everyone is going nuts, Ice is there to lay down the word.

ICE: You wanna live in this lousy world? You play it cool.

It's a key moment, in part because it keeps the hate and need for revenge alive. But it also keeps the Jets together, and ensures that they stay together until the bitter end. In that sense, he's a good lieutenant, doing what Riff would want him to do and fighting to hold onto whatever it was Riff thought he was dying for.