I found out the purpose of the Cary Elwes character. I felt the same way about him as you -- all this weird UST that went nowhere -- and I complained about it to Jade, who had seen a screening of the movie.
It turns out that originally, he and Natalie Portman DO end up having a fling!! Well Jade hated it and thought it was really wrong, and she begged on her comment card for them to take it out. She probably wasn't the only person to feel that way, since, as we saw, they did cut that out from the final version of the movie. :D
But isn't it a relief to know why that character was even there and why he was played by Cary Elwes?! At least now that makes sense. Though the result of course was that his presence in the movie was kind of pointless.
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on 2011-01-24 03:47 am (UTC)It turns out that originally, he and Natalie Portman DO end up having a fling!! Well Jade hated it and thought it was really wrong, and she begged on her comment card for them to take it out. She probably wasn't the only person to feel that way, since, as we saw, they did cut that out from the final version of the movie. :D
But isn't it a relief to know why that character was even there and why he was played by Cary Elwes?! At least now that makes sense. Though the result of course was that his presence in the movie was kind of pointless.