Tempestuous film franchise character (5)
I believe the answer is:
rocky
'tempestuous film' is the definition.
'rocky' can be an answer for 'film' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'tempestuous' bit.
'franchise character' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'character' could be 'y' and 'y' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'rock' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rocky that I've seen before include "Unreliable" , "Characterised by large stones" , "Shaky; some Mountains" , "likely to collapse" , "Craggy; difficult" .)