Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Dougray Scott: Prince Henry

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• Danielle : [indicating Maurice]  I wish to address the issue of this gentleman. He is my servant, and I am here to pay the debt against him.

  Cargomaster : You're too late, he's bought and paid for.

  Danielle : I can pay you twenty gold francs.

  Cargomaster : Madame, you can have me for twenty gold francs. Now drive on!

  Danielle : I demand you release him at once, or I shall take this matter to the King!

  Cargomaster : The King's the one who sold him. He's now the property of Cartier.

  Danielle : He is not property at *all*, you ill-mannered tub of guts! Do you honestly think it right to chain people like chattel? I demand you release him at once!

  Cargomaster : [shouts]  Get outta my way!

  Henry : [riding up]  You dare raise your voice to a lady, sir?

  Cargomaster : [flustered]  Your Highness! F-forgive me, Sire. I meant no disrespect. It's just, uh... I'm following orders here. It's my job to take these criminals and thieves to the coast.

  Danielle : A servant is not a thief, your Highness, and those who are cannot help themselves.

  Henry : Really! Well then by all means, enlighten us.

  Danielle : If you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners corrupted from infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded, sire, but that you first make thieves and then punish them?

  [pause, the other courtiers look on approvingly] 

  Henry : Well, there you have it. Release him.

  Cargomaster : But Sire...!

  Henry : I said, release him!

  Cargomaster : Yes, Sire.

  [Maurice is released] 

  Maurice : [to Danielle]  I thought I was looking at your mother!

  Danielle : [sotto voce]  Meet me at the bridge.

  [aloud] 

  Danielle : Prepare the horses, we will leave at once.

  [to Henry] 

  Danielle : I thank you, your Highness.

• Henry : I kneel before you not as a prince, but as a man in love... But I would feel like a king if you, Danielle de Barbarac, would be my wife.

• Henry : Do you really think there is only one perfect mate?

  Leonardo da Vinci : As a matter of fact, I do.

  Henry : Well then how can you be certain to find them? And if you do find them, are they really the one for you or do you only think they are? And what happens if the person you're supposed to be with never appears, or, or she does, but you're too distracted to notice?

  Leonardo da Vinci : You learn to pay attention.

  Henry : Then let's say God puts two people on Earth and they are lucky enough to find one another. But one of them gets hit by lightning. Well then what? Is that it? Or, perchance, you meet someone new and marry all over again. Is that the lady you're supposed to be with or was it the first? And if so, when the two of them were walking side by side were they both the one for you and you just happened to meet the first one first or, was the second one supposed to be first? And is everything just chance or are some things meant to be?

• [last lines] 

  Danielle : You, sir, are supposed to be charming.

  Henry : And we, princess, are supposed to live happily ever after.

  Danielle : Says who?

  Henry : You know, I don't know.

  Grand Dame : [voiceover]  My great-great-grandmother's portrait hung in the university up until the Revolution. By then, the truth of their romance had been reduced to a simple fairy tale. And, while Cinderella and her prince *did* live happily ever after, the point, gentlemen, is that they lived.

• Henry : How do you do it?

  Danielle : What?

  Henry : Live each day with this kind of passion. Don't you find it exhausting?

  Danielle : Only when I am around you. Why do you like to irritate me so?

  Henry : Why do you rise to the occasion?

• Danielle : Forgive me, Your Highness, I did not see you.

  Henry : Your aim would suggest otherwise.

• Danielle : It is not fair, sire. You have found my weakness, but I have yet to learn yours.

  Henry : But I should think it was quite obvious.

• Queen Marie : Baroness de Ghent, you are forthwith stripped of your title, and you and your horrible daughter are to be shipped to the Americas on the first available boat... Unless by some miracle, someone here will speak for you.

  [Rodmilla begins looking desperately at the other nobles, they look back coldly] 

  Rodmilla : [nervously]  There seem to be quite a few people out of town...

  Danielle : I will speak for her.

  [Rodmilla turns around and sees Danielle dressed like a princess while the others bow] 

  Danielle : She is, after all, my stepmother.

  Rodmilla : [kneels; quietly]  Your Highness.

  Henry : Marguerite, I don't believe you've met... my wife.

  Danielle : [to Rodmilla, smiling]  I want you to know that I will forget you after this moment, and never think of you again. But you, I am quite certain, will think about me every single day for the rest of your life.

  Rodmilla : [quietly]  And how long might that be?

  Danielle : [looks up]  All I ask, Your Majesties... is that you show her the same courtesy that she has bestowed upon me.

• [outside Pierre Le Pieu's castle] 

  Henry : Hello.

  Danielle : Hello.

  [pause] 

  Danielle : What are you doing here?

  Henry : [sheepishly]  I uh... I came to... rescue you.

  Danielle : Rescue me? A commoner?

  [starts to walk away] 

  Henry : [going after her]  Actually, I came to beg your forgiveness. I offered you the world and at the first test of honor, I betrayed your trust. Please, Danielle...

  Danielle : [stops, turns around]  Say it again.

  Henry : I'm sorry.

  Danielle : No.

  [smiles] 

  Danielle : The part where you said my name.

  Henry : [smiling]  Danielle.

• Henry : I have been born to privilege, and with that comes specific obligations.

  Leonardo da Vinci : Horseshit.

• [looking at the books in the Franciscan monastery] 

  Danielle : It makes me want to cry.

  Henry : Pick one.

  Danielle : I could no sooner choose a favorite star in the heavens.

  Henry : What is it that touches you so?

  Danielle : I suppose it is because when I was young my father would stay up late and read to me. He was addicted to the written word and I would fall asleep listening to the sound of his voice.

  Henry : What sort of books?

  Danielle : Science, philosophy... I suppose they remind me of him. He died when I was eight. Utopia was the last book he brought home.

  Henry : Which explains why you quote it.

  Danielle : I would rather hear his voice again than any sound in the world.

  [Henry smiles, then the smile fades and he begins walking down the stairs away from Danielle] 

  Danielle : Is something wrong?

  Henry : [turns to face her]  In all my years of study, not one tutor ever demonstrated the passion you have shown me in the last two days. You have more conviction in one memory than I have... in my entire being.

  [laughs slightly, walks away, Danielle follows] 

  Danielle : Your Highness, if there is anything I have said or done...

  Henry : Please... don't. It's not you.

• Henry : Where are your attendants?

  Danielle : I... decided to give them the day off.

  Henry : [incredulously]  A day off? From what, life?

  Danielle : Don't you ever tire of having people wait on you all the time?

  Henry : Well, yes, but... they're servants, it's what they do.

  Danielle : [coldly]  Well I wish I could dismiss mine as easily as you do yours.

  [she rises] 

  Danielle : I must be going.

  Henry : [following her]  You're angry with me!

  Danielle : No.

  Henry : Admit it!

  Danielle : Well yes, if you want to know.

  Henry : Why?

  Danielle : Because you are trying to bait me with your snobbery.

  Henry : I fear, mademoiselle, that you are a walking contradiction, and I find that rather fascinating.

  Danielle : Me?

  Henry : Yes, you. You spout the ideals of a Utopian society and yet you live the life of a courtier!

  Danielle : And *you* own all the land there is and yet you take no pride in working it! Is that not also a contradiction?

  Henry : Hm, first I am arrogant, and now I have no pride; however do I manage that?

  Danielle : You have *everything*, and still the world holds no joy; and yet you insist on making fun of those who *would* see it for its possibilities.

• Henry : I was hoping you could help me find the owner of this rather remarkable shoe.

  Danielle : It belongs to a peasant, Your Highness, who only pretended to be a courtier to save a man's life.

  Henry : I know. And the name is Henry, if you don't mind.

• Henry : [as Danielle hurries away]  Have we met?

  Danielle : I-I do not believe so, Your Highness.

  Henry : I could have sworn I knew every courtier in the provience.

  Danielle : Well... I am visiting a cousin.

  Henry : Who?

  Danielle : My cousin.

  Henry : Yes, you said that. Which one?

  Danielle : Th-the only one I have, sire.

  Henry : Are you coy on purpose or do you honestly refuse to tell me your name?

  Danielle : [stops quickly]  No.

  [quickly heads towards the gate] 

  Danielle : And yes.

  Henry : Well, then, pray tell me your cousin's name so that I might call upon her to learn who you are. For anyone who can quote Thomas More is well worth the effort.

  Danielle : [stops]  The Prince has read "Utopia"?

  Henry : I found it sentimental and dull. Honestly, the plight of the everyday rustic bores me.

  Danielle : I... take it you do not converse with many peasants.

  Henry : Ha, certainly not, no. Naturally.

  Danielle : [starts walking again]  Excuse me, sire, but there is nothing "natural" about it. A country's character is defined by its "everyday rustics," as you call them. They are the legs you stand on and that position demands *respect,* not...

  Henry : Am I to understand that you find me... arrogant?

  Danielle : Well, you gave one man back his life, but did you even glance at the others?

  Henry : Please, I beg of you, a name. Any name.

  Danielle : I... I fear the only name to leave you with... is Comtesse Nicole de Lancret.

• Henry : Mother, Father, I want to build a university, with the largest library on the continent, where anyone can study, no matter their station!

  King Francis : All right... Who are you... and what have you done with my son?

  Henry : [laughs]  Oh, and I want to invite the gypsies to the ball!

• [about Danielle, who is hiding behind a haystack] 

  Henry : You know her! Please, I must find her. Where is she staying?

  Gustav : Uh, I believe, your Highness, that she is staying with a cousin. The, uh, Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent.

  Henry : Hm. That does present a problem.

  Gustav : But, I do know that she is there. Alone. By herself. At this very moment.

  Henry : Excellent.

  [pause] 

  Henry : Nice painting.

  [Henry rides off] 

  Danielle : [emerging from hiding]  Gustav, you horrible little *snipe*!

  Gustav : Did you hear? He likes my work!

  Danielle : And he is heading for my house!

  Gustav : Then I suggest you run.

• Henry : You swim alone, climb rocks, rescue servants, is there anything you don't do?

  Danielle : FLY!

• Henry : [to Paulette and Louise, confused]  Were there just the two of you?

  Louise : And, the chicken, Your Highness.

• Henry : Am I to understand that you find me... arrogant?

  Danielle : Well, you gave one man back his life but did you even glance at the others?

• King Francis : You sir are restricted to the grounds.

  Henry : Are you putting me under house arrest?

  King Francis : Do not mock me, boy, for I am in a foul disposition. And I will have my way...

  Henry : Or what? You'll ship me off to the Americas like some criminal? All for the sake of your stupid contract?

  King Francis : You are the Crown Prince of France!

  Henry : And it is my life.

  Queen Marie : Francis, sit down before you have a stroke. Really. the two of you.

  [to Henry] 

  Queen Marie : Sweetheart... you were born to privilege and with that comes specific obligations.

  Henry : Forgive me, Mother, but marriage to a complete stranger never made anyone in this room very happy.

  King Francis : You will marry Gabriella by the next full moon or I will strike at you in any way I can.

  Henry : What's it to be, father, hot oil or the rack?

  King Francis : I will simply deny you the crown and... live forever.

  Henry : Good. Agreed. I don't want it.

  [Walks out] 

  King Francis : [to the Queen, frustrated]  He's your son.

• Henry : Nicole, do you know the ruins at Amboise?

  Danielle : Yes.

  Henry : I often go there to be alone. Would you meet me there tomorrow?

  Danielle : I shall try.

  Henry : Then I shall wait all day.

• Danielle : You were born to privilege, and with that comes specific obligations.

  [pauses] 

  Danielle : [laughing]  I am sorry. My mouth has run away with me again.

  Henry : Oh no, my lady. It is your mouth that has me hypnotized.

• [to the Spanish princess who is sobbing and begging to be let out of their wedding] 

  Henry : Madame, Madame, I know exactly how you feel.

• Henry : I have not slept for fear I would wake to find all this a dream.

• Henry : Please, Danielle...

  Danielle : Say it again.

  Henry : I'm sorry.

  Danielle : No, the part where you said my name.

• Henry : Marguerite, I don't believe you've met my wife.

• Henry : You told me it was a matter of life or death.

  Leonardo da Vinci : [unrolling the Mona Lisa]  A woman always is, sire.

• Henry : What do you know? You build flying machines and you walk on water, and yet you know *nothing* about life!

  Leonardo da Vinci : I know that a life without love is no life at all.

  Henry : And love without trust? What of that?

• Henry : You're looking well, Marguerite.

  Marguerite : You're welcome to look, Your Highness.

• Henry : I feel as if my skin is the only thing keeping me from going everywhere at once.

• Henry : Tell no-one we have spoken, for all shall reveal itself in due course.

• Henry : Stay aloft, madame, there are games afoot.

• Henry : How could I have been so blind? There I was, pouring my royal heart out to her, and she was simply trying to bid me farewell!

  Queen Marie : It is a strong woman who can keep her wits about her, with you trying to steal her heart.

  Henry : Yes, and what a clumsy thief I turned out to be.

• Prince Henry : You would think I would not the way to my own castle!

  Danielle : Why is it men never stop for directions?

• Danielle : Well you gave one man back his life but did you even glance at the others?

  [Danielle tries to get away while Henry is distracted by the criminals' wagon] 

  Henry : Please, I beg of you. A name. Any name.

  Danielle : I fear that the only name I can leave you with is Comtesse Nicole de Lancret.

  Henry : There now... that wasn't so hard.

• Danielle : The prince has read Utopia?

  Henry : I found it sentimental and dull. Honestly, the plight of the everyday rustic bores me.