GetComponet() returning null with require component script

Hi! I take the ThirdPersonUserControl script and change a few lines to move the player through websocket. The problem is that it keeps returing null when I get the ThirdPersonCharacter. That should NOT happen since I add the require typeof before the class.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 using LitJson;
 using UnityStandardAssets.CrossPlatformInput;
 using UnityStandardAssets.Characters.ThirdPerson;
 
 [RequireComponent (typeof (ThirdPersonCharacter))]
 public class WebSocketInputController : MonoBehaviour {
 
     private ThirdPersonCharacter m_Character; // A reference to the ThirdPersonCharacter on the object
     private Transform m_Cam;                  // A reference to the main camera in the scenes transform
     private Vector3 m_CamForward;             // The current forward direction of the camera
     private Vector3 m_Move;                   // the world-relative desired move direction, calculated from the camForward and user input.
 
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
         // get the transform of the main camera
         if (Camera.main != null) {
             m_Cam = Camera.main.transform;
         } else {
             Debug.LogWarning (
                 "Warning: no main camera found. Third person character needs a Camera tagged \"MainCamera\", for camera-relative controls.");
             // we use self-relative controls in this case, which probably isn't what the user wants, but hey, we warned them!
         }
 
         // get the third person character ( this should never be null due to require component )
         m_Character = GetComponent<ThirdPersonCharacter> ();
         if (m_Character == null) {
             Debug.LogError("Dude! It's not getting the component!");
         }
         NotificationCenter.DefaultCenter().AddObserver(this, "Move");
     }
     
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update () {
         Vector2 move = new Vector2(
             CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis ("Horizontal"),
             CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Vertical")
             );
         if (move != Vector2.zero) {
             Debug.Log(JsonMapper.ToJson(move));
             GameManager.Instance.WebSocket.SendUTF8 (JsonMapper.ToJson (move));
             NotificationCenter.DefaultCenter().PostNotification(this, "Move", move);
         }
     }
 
     private void Move(Notification notification) {
         Vector2 move = (Vector2) notification.data;
 
         // calculate move direction to pass to character
         if (m_Cam != null) {
             // calculate camera relative direction to move:
             m_CamForward = Vector3.Scale (m_Cam.forward, new Vector3 (1, 0, 1)).normalized;
             m_Move = move.y * m_CamForward + move.x * m_Cam.right;
         } else {
             // we use world-relative directions in the case of no main camera
             m_Move = move.y * Vector3.forward + move.x * Vector3.right;
         }
 
         // pass all parameters to the character control script
         m_Character.Move (m_Move, false, false);
     }
 
 }
 

There is the entire class. Thanks in advance!

PS: I remove the crunch and jump cause I don't need them. Just need the player to move arround.