diff --git a/lib/actor.js b/lib/actor.js
index cf87d8b46..af5351be5 100644
--- a/lib/actor.js
+++ b/lib/actor.js
@@ -105,15 +105,13 @@ module.exports = function (obj = {}) {
       }
     })
 
-    store.actor = actor
     container.append({
       support: {
-        [translation.I]: actor,
         I: actor,
       },
     })
   })
-
+  // store.actor = actor;
   // add custom steps from actor
   Object.keys(obj).forEach((key) => {
     const ms = new MetaStep('I', key)
@@ -121,8 +119,6 @@ module.exports = function (obj = {}) {
     actor[key] = ms.run.bind(ms, obj[key])
   })
 
-  // store.actor = actor;
-
   return actor
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/container.js b/lib/container.js
index 24d77868d..13df14c51 100644
--- a/lib/container.js
+++ b/lib/container.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ let asyncHelperPromise
 let container = {
   helpers: {},
   support: {},
+  proxySupport: {},
   plugins: {},
   actor: null,
   /**
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@ class Container {
 
     container.helpers = createHelpers(config.helpers || {})
     container.translation = loadTranslation(config.translation || null, config.vocabularies || [])
-    container.support = createSupportObjects(config.include || {})
+    container.proxySupport = createSupportObjects(config.include || {})
     container.plugins = createPlugins(config.plugins || {}, opts)
 
+    createActor(config.include?.I)
     createMocha(config, opts)
-    createActor()
 
     if (opts && opts.ai) ai.enable(config.ai) // enable AI Assistant
     if (config.gherkin) loadGherkinSteps(config.gherkin.steps || [])
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class Container {
   }
 
   static actor() {
-    return container.actor
+    return container.support.I
   }
 
   /**
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ class Container {
    */
   static support(name) {
     if (!name) {
-      return container.support
+      return container.proxySupport
     }
-    return container.support[name]
+    return container.support[name] || container.proxySupport[name]
   }
 
   /**
@@ -126,7 +127,6 @@ class Container {
   static append(newContainer) {
     const deepMerge = require('./utils').deepMerge
     container = deepMerge(container, newContainer)
-    container.actor = container.support.I
   }
 
   /**
@@ -260,28 +260,6 @@ function requireHelperFromModule(helperName, config, HelperClass) {
 }
 
 function createSupportObjects(config) {
-  const objects = {}
-
-  for (const name in config) {
-    objects[name] = {} // placeholders
-  }
-
-  container.support = objects
-
-  function lazyLoad(name) {
-    let newObj = getSupportObject(config, name)
-    try {
-      if (typeof newObj === 'function') {
-        newObj = newObj()
-      } else if (newObj._init) {
-        newObj._init()
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      throw new Error(`Initialization failed for ${name}: ${newObj}\n${err.message}\n${err.stack}`)
-    }
-    return newObj
-  }
-
   const asyncWrapper = function (f) {
     return function () {
       return f.apply(this, arguments).catch((e) => {
@@ -291,47 +269,92 @@ function createSupportObjects(config) {
     }
   }
 
-  Object.keys(objects).forEach((object) => {
-    const currentObject = objects[object]
-    Object.keys(currentObject).forEach((method) => {
-      const currentMethod = currentObject[method]
-      if (currentMethod && currentMethod[Symbol.toStringTag] === 'AsyncFunction') {
-        objects[object][method] = asyncWrapper(currentMethod)
-      }
-    })
-  })
+  function lazyLoad(name) {
+    return new Proxy(
+      {},
+      {
+        get(target, prop) {
+          // load actual name from vocabulary
+          if (container.translation.name) {
+            name = container.translation.name
+          }
+
+          if (name === 'I') {
+            const actor = createActor(config.I)
+            methodsOfObject(actor)
+            return actor[prop]
+          }
+
+          if (!container.support[name]) {
+            // Load object on first access
+            const supportObject = loadSupportObject(config[name])
+            container.support[name] = supportObject
+            try {
+              if (container.support[name]._init) {
+                container.support[name]._init()
+              }
+            } catch (err) {
+              throw new Error(
+                `Initialization failed for ${name}: ${container.support[name]}\n${err.message}\n${err.stack}`,
+              )
+            }
+          }
+
+          const currentObject = container.support[name]
+          let currentValue = currentObject[prop]
+
+          if (isFunction(currentValue) || isAsyncFunction(currentValue)) {
+            const ms = new MetaStep(name, currentValue)
+            ms.setContext(currentObject)
+            if (isAsyncFunction(currentValue)) currentValue = asyncWrapper(currentValue)
+            currentObject[prop] = ms.run.bind(ms, currentValue)
+          }
+
+          return currentValue
+        },
+        has(target, prop) {
+          container.support[name] = container.support[name] || loadSupportObject(config[name])
+          return prop in container.support[name]
+        },
+        ownKeys() {
+          container.support[name] = container.support[name] || loadSupportObject(config[name])
+          return Reflect.ownKeys(container.support[name])
+        },
+      },
+    )
+  }
 
   return new Proxy(
     {},
     {
       has(target, key) {
-        return key in config
+        return key in container.support
       },
       ownKeys() {
-        return Reflect.ownKeys(config)
+        return Reflect.ownKeys(container.support)
       },
       get(target, key) {
-        // configured but not in support object, yet: load the module
-        if (key in objects && !(key in target)) {
-          // load default I
-          if (key in objects && !(key in config)) {
-            return (target[key] = objects[key])
-          }
-
-          // load new object
-          const object = lazyLoad(key)
-          // check that object is a real object and not an array
-          if (Object.prototype.toString.call(object) === '[object Object]') {
-            return (target[key] = Object.assign(objects[key], object))
-          }
-          target[key] = object
-        }
-        return target[key]
+        return lazyLoad(key)
       },
     },
   )
 }
 
+function createActor(actorPath) {
+  if (container.support.I) return container.support.I
+
+  if (actorPath) {
+    container.support.I = loadSupportObject(actorPath)
+  } else {
+    const actor = require('./actor')
+    container.support.I = actor()
+  }
+
+  container.support.I = container.support.I
+
+  return container.support.I
+}
+
 function createPlugins(config, options = {}) {
   const plugins = {}
 
@@ -360,22 +383,6 @@ function createPlugins(config, options = {}) {
   return plugins
 }
 
-function createActor() {
-  const actor = require('./actor')
-  container.support.I = container.support.I || actor()
-
-  container.actor = container.support.I
-  if (container.translation.I !== 'I') container.support[container.translation.I] = container.actor
-}
-
-function getSupportObject(config, name) {
-  const module = config[name]
-  if (typeof module === 'string') {
-    return loadSupportObject(module, name)
-  }
-  return module
-}
-
 function loadGherkinSteps(paths) {
   global.Before = (fn) => event.dispatcher.on(event.test.started, fn)
   global.After = (fn) => event.dispatcher.on(event.test.finished, fn)
@@ -406,38 +413,26 @@ function loadSupportObject(modulePath, supportObjectName) {
   if (modulePath.charAt(0) === '.') {
     modulePath = path.join(global.codecept_dir, modulePath)
   }
-
   try {
     const obj = require(modulePath)
 
-    if (typeof obj !== 'function' && Object.getPrototypeOf(obj) !== Object.prototype && !Array.isArray(obj)) {
-      const methods = methodsOfObject(obj)
-      Object.keys(methods)
-        .filter((key) => !key.startsWith('_'))
-        .forEach((key) => {
-          const currentMethod = methods[key]
-          if (isFunction(currentMethod) || isAsyncFunction(currentMethod)) {
-            const ms = new MetaStep(supportObjectName, key)
-            ms.setContext(methods)
-            methods[key] = ms.run.bind(ms, currentMethod)
-          }
-        })
-      return methods
+    // Handle different types of imports
+    if (typeof obj === 'function') {
+      // If it's a class (constructor function)
+      if (obj.prototype && obj.prototype.constructor === obj) {
+        return new obj()
+      }
+      // If it's a regular function
+      return obj()
     }
-    if (!Array.isArray(obj)) {
-      Object.keys(obj)
-        .filter((key) => !key.startsWith('_'))
-        .forEach((key) => {
-          const currentMethod = obj[key]
-          if (isFunction(currentMethod) || isAsyncFunction(currentMethod)) {
-            const ms = new MetaStep(supportObjectName, key)
-            ms.setContext(obj)
-            obj[key] = ms.run.bind(ms, currentMethod)
-          }
-        })
+    // If it's a plain object
+    if (obj && typeof obj === 'object' && !Array.isArray(obj)) {
+      return obj
     }
 
-    return obj
+    throw new Error(
+      `Support object "${supportObjectName}" should be an object, class, or function, but got ${typeof obj}`,
+    )
   } catch (err) {
     throw new Error(
       `Could not include object ${supportObjectName} from module '${modulePath}'\n${err.message}\n${err.stack}`,