The phrase "a character that needed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a character in a story or narrative that requires something, such as development, support, or change.
Example: "In the novel, the protagonist was a character that needed to confront their past to grow and evolve."
Alternatives: "a character in need of" or "a character requiring".
"He's a character that needs to be loved.
When you see the dissipated face of Hugh Laurie as House, maybe your fantasies don't go horizontal, but there's a character that needs saving, and the challenge is almost irresistible.
But what you can do is party with a character that needs Baal also.
Tana Nugent Jamieson of A&E described the role as "a tough, darker character that needs some likeability, and [Patrick] definitely has that".
Of course, it is sensory states and experiences themselves that interest philosophers of mind, and some critics of representationalism will protest that merely representing a quality cannot be all there is to having the qualitative character that needs explaining; we shall return to that complaint in section 4.3 below.
But I also think there's something in Obama's character that needs to be seen as reasonable — as the one grown-up in the room — and that is deeper than any partisan policy views he might hold.
In another listing of the top ten video game characters that needed to die, IGN suggested that the dramatic death of the character could be one of the most powerful events in gaming.
Jonjo is one of those characters that needs to push himself on.
What I've found about a lot of low-status characters is they're good for just about any scene because there are always other characters that need to have some level of control or power.
But that period did leave me really interested in why those guys felt the need to be so tough, to play these alpha male characters, that need to be feared or respected.
