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Roxana/Rowena?

posted 16 years ago by lastmidnite2
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I'm assuming one of these characters is The Boss's wife. But who is the other one?

[–] jscb 16 years ago

Thanks to my new DVD box set, which has a "might have been" version on disc 2 using stills and lines from deleted/unfilmed script, this now becomes much clearer.

Roxana is Rudolph the Boss's wife/lady. Rowena was originally in the 2036 section and turns out to be Oswald Cabal's ex-wife and mother of Catherine Cabal, albeit with no contact for years.

A lot of Magaretta Scott's excellent performance (and remember she was only 24 at the time) ended up being cut out. Shame. There's parts of the scene between Roxana and John Cabal missing that shed far more light on Roxana's character.

[–] lastmidnite2 16 years ago

Thanks so much for the info. Damn, she was one mature sounding 24 year old!

[–] highwaystar50 16 years ago

And if you happen to read the script which someone gave a link to in another thread, there it is explained that Rowena is also a distant relative of Roxana without the "sluttyness."
KS

[–] Ethereal-Cloud 13 years ago

When she (Margaretta Scott) was on screen, I couldn't take my eyes off her.

[–] Squeeth2 12 years ago

I thought her scene with Massey was bravura. A master (or is that mater) class on negotiating from a position of weakness while feigning strength.

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