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The chemistry between Caine and Hershey

posted 19 years ago by imbluzclooby
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It seemed to me that Hershey was uncomfortable, not with the character, but with Caine as a love interest. Did anybody else sense that?

[–] Greenteeth 19 years ago

I'm assuming the characters were written and casted that way. Hershey definitely came across as being jittery about Caine. She was stuck in an odd enough relationship (with von Sydow) as it was. So I think it was intentional. Remember the part when the sisters are at the restaurant for lunch and Farrow and Wiest start arguing and Hershey can't take it and gets a headache? I think that served to show her unease at the way her life was going.

[–] ijones-9 19 years ago

I didn't like them together either. He had much more chemistry with Mia. Hershey had no chemistry with Max Von Sydow either...I don't know what Woody was thinking there.

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[–] jshane2002 14 years ago

The third boyfriend, also a "mentor - professor" type figure looked younger and more compatible with Hershey. The chemistry even seemed stronger in the few scenes where that boyfriend appears.

There's probably some father figure dynamic going on in Hershey's character where her absent real father is replaced by these other older men who treat her like she has an intellectual side that just needed to be developed.

Growing up in an acting oriented family, Hershey was "typecast" as the pretty one who wasn't taken seriouly and maybe expected to be married off to some golden boy figure that Hershey probably strongly resisted.

[–] Noir-It-All 14 years ago

Lee told Elliot that she going to Columbia to take some liberal art courses. She didn't mention declaring a major. Isn't it relatively difficult to get into Columbia? Wouldn't City College be a better fit for someone dabbling in higher education?

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