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Character name: Donna McLoughlin
Appears in: World Trade Centre
Date(s): 2006
Award(s):none
| Character back story:Donna is married to John who works at the port authority bus terminal in midtown manhattan, and on the morning of 9/11 he goes into work like any other other normal day,but when the planes hit the towers he & his group are called into help evacuate people & search for any survivors in the north tower.
When the south tower collapses John & another are trapped inside the rubble.
Donna & her family are told when they arrive at the station that John & his group made it out the tower before the collapse and are waiting for them at the garage,but this is later revealed to them as wrong and that they are trapped in the rubble | | Inspiration for character:based on the real donna mcloughlin who maria bello met & studied for the role | Age/Occupation:30s-40s
housewife | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides:new york | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Hilary Swank was once slated to star as Donna McLoughlin when Kevin Costner was attached to the role of Sgt. John McLoughlin. They had both narrated the documentary, On Native Soil (2006) which investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks. When Costner dropped out of the project, Swank went on to pursue other projects as well.
The real-life John McLoughlin and William Jimeno appear in the final scene of the film at the "thank you" cookout. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Lynne:Im gonna call everyone & cancel. A den mother's meeting seems a little dumb right now
(donna squeezes judy's hand)
Donna: they're fine
Donna: Jay was missing and he got out,John will too
(donna is stood on her doorstep as Pat gets out of his car)
Donna: are you here to tell me something?...dont you come in here Pat...I mean into this house
Pat: Im not no....we dont know
Donna: he's just missing thats all...just missing
Pat: come here (pat gives donna a hug)
(aj & donna are in the kitchen side room)
AJ: hey mom
Donna: yes sweetie
AJ: dad knows its my birthday saturday right?
Donna: birthday?...are you crazy?...course he does..he's just working..finding people at the world trade centre
AJ: they keep saying alot of those people are'nt coming back
Donna:what?....Im not supposed to tell you this..but he told me that he was going to get you into the playoffs next month
AJ: the playoffs are you serious?
Donna: shhh..yes
(aj is sat in the car on the driveway)
Donna: what are you doing?
AJ: I told you before
(donna opens the car door)
Donna: cmon sweetie get out of the car
AJ: no
Donna: get out of this car now
AJ:no
Donna: dont say no to me
AJ: whats wrong with you dont you want to find him?
Donna: yes I want to find him
AJ: what if he's dying?
Donna: there is nothing we could do
AJ: what if we dont see him again?
Donna: alright Im going...get out...I said Im going |
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Character name: Lil Lovell
Appears in:Coyote Ugly
Date(s):2000
Award(s):none
| Character back story:Lil Lovell when to New York University and between studying she worked part time as a waitress,then when she graduated she later became a manager of a cowboy bar the village idiot.
Several years later Lil opened the coyote ugly and after meeting Violet Sanford who she gave a waitress job | | Inspiration for character:based on the real lil lovell | | Age/Occupation:bar owner | | Personality type:no nonsense business woman,very independent,quick witted | | Signature look: | | Resides:new york | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Piper Perabo (Violet Sanford) tells Adam Garcia, (Kevin O'Donnell) that her stage fright is genetic. He replies, "Stage fright DNA. Yes, I saw that on _ER (1994)_ last week." Maria Bello (Lil) played Dr. Anna Del Amico on "ER".
Jessica Simpson went through many auditions for the lead character, but dropped out when filmmakers refused to take out the sex scene. Most of the sex scene was cut from the finished film anyway. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Cammie: I'm Cammie, the Russian tease.
Violet: Violet, the Jersey nun.
Cammie: That one's Rachel, the New York bitch. We all play our little parts. Only Rachel really is a bitch, and I really am a tease.
Lil: Cammie, you can only be a tease if you stop sleepin' around, babe.
Cammie: Yeah, I keep forgetting that part!
Lil: I told ya not to break the rules.
Violet: What are you talking about?
Lil: I'm talking about you and your boyfriend making a scene in my bar. I'm talking about a friend of mine inside with a broken nose. The rules were simple, Jersey. I fired girls for a lot less.
Violet: What, so I can't have a boyfriend, now? What kind of stupid shit is that?
Lil: Hey, this place is my home. And I'm not willing to risk everything I have on your personal life. It's business, plain and simple.
Violet: This is not business. I work my ass off for you and you're supposed to be my friend!
Lil: I never said I was your friend. I'm your boss and you knew the rules like everybody else.
Violet: Will you stop with "the rules". It's a bar for Christ sake!
Lil: [hands Violet her guitar] Then what are you so upset about?
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Character name: Evelyn O'Connell
Appears in: The Mummy:Tomb of the Emperor Dragon
Date(s): 2008
Award(s):none
| Character back story:Evelyn is still married to Rick & their son Alex is now in his 20s & also an adventurer/archeaologist
Evie is a retired ww2 spy and now is a novelist of adventure stories
Evie & Rick are asked to go on one last mission & help to guard/transport a valuable artifact to the Shanghai museum,were they are soon involved in a plot to resurrect the dragon emperor | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:43
retired librarian/adventurer | | Personality type:strong,day dreamer,patient,highly intelligent,creative | | Signature look: | | Resides:oxfordshire | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Brendan Fraser, who plays Rick, was born in 1968. Maria Bello who plays Evelyn, was born in 1967. Luke Ford, who plays their son Alex, was born in 1981, making him 13 years younger than Fraser and 14 years younger than Bello.
Rachel Weisz announced that she will not be reprising her role of Evelyn. Later on, Maria Bello was announced to replace her. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Evelyn O'Connell: [speaking of Rick fishing] At least you've got a hobby that doesn't involve guns.
[takes a bite of the fish]
Rick: What are you going to do when Alex finally does bring someone home?
Evie:I'll be fine.......as long as she's a librarian
Rick:no guns,no shoes and we're walking across a bunch of alligators. who stays up up at night and thinks of this stuff?
Evie:actually honey,they're indian crocodiles,far more vicious. but luckily for us they seem to be hibernating
Alex: mom you look upset
Evie: I passed upset two time zones ago
Evie: you know there is something about vanquishing the undead that I find incredibly romantic
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Character name:Polly Bailey
Appears in:Thankyou for Smoking
Date(s):2006
Award(s):none
| Character back story:Polly Bailey is a alcohol lobbyist and her 2 friends Nick Naylor & Bobby Jay Bliss meet every week for lunch & mutual support.
They jokingly call themselves the MOD Squad (merchants of death) | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:30s-40s
alcohol lobbyist | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides:washington d.c | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:No one is shown smoking a cigarette throughout the entire movie. In fact, except in the black and white film that Naylor watches, no-one is seen even holding a cigarette. Naylor holds an empty packet and 'Robert Duvall (I)' holds an (unlit) cigar.
17 minutes into the film you see an ad "More doctors smoke Alpacas than any other cigarette." This is a spoof on CAMELS cigarettes, which used that slogan on paper and on old time radio advertisements. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | All voice-overs reading the newspaper article]
Nick: Nick Naylor, the lead spokesman for big tobacco, would have you believe he thinks cigarettes are harmless, but really he's doing it for the mortgage.
Polly: The "M.O.D. Squad"—meaning, of course, "Merchants of Death"—is comprised of Polly Bailey, of the Moderation Council, and Bobby Jay Bliss, of the gun business's own advisory group, S.A.F.E.T.Y.
Nick: [on Bobby's dessert: a piece of apple pie topped with a slice of cheese and an American flag] That's disgusting. Bobby: It's American. Polly: Can I have a bite?
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