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Anne.

posted 10 years ago by willara_forever
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I can't recall if Anne was Kate's daughter, therefore making her Cal's half sister. That's the only reason I can think of for Cal and Anne not ending up together because their chemistry was too good to go to waste.

[–] Waigon 10 years ago

No, Anne was just a worker. She might have grown up to be a fellow prostitute. The chemistry was there to show Cal had a way with the ladies and could use it to get what he wanted (to see Kate). His heart lay with Abra.

CDEGFEDCC. (Shhh!)

[–] willara_forever 10 years ago

I think it was such a waste. I completely get the reason the scene was like that but to me it was more than just seducing her to get to his mother, there was something there. I didn't even liked Cal and Abra together.

[–] chewtoy45 8 years ago

Lois Smith was brilliant in the part.

I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.

[–] GamaRex 7 years ago

You may have seen this screen test before, but it's worth including in this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwmCfCr7oJc
(silent)

If the link goes away, you'll find another by searching Youtube for "James Dean and Lois Smith screen test".