Why did he get upset when they didn't go to Paris

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yeah i wonder too.

"UTAH!.. get me 2"

At first, i´d like to apologize, if my english is not so good ;-)

I am quite d´accord to what fonse and christoper-arnold wrote.
Still, Willie Parker´s behaviour throughout the whole story is quite puzzling for the hitmen and for us as well. I was wondering for quite a long time, why Willie seems so cool and nevertheless breaks down in the end. Then I read one day, that Stephen Frears was inspired to do this movie by the thesis of the late psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, who claimed, that every human being passes through certain stages while percepting the fact of its own death. These phases are: 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance. ( here an adress of a website where these stages are explained in detail: http://www.army.mil/aeioo/tm/models1.htm o.k. it´s from the army, but it´s quite descriptive...) The stages do not necessarily have to come one after another, a person might also "fall back" in example from the stage of bargaining to the stage of denial and so on.
I think this might be the key to Willie´s strange behaviour. There is just one question... Was Willie already accepting the fact of his death and "broke down", which means he fell down to a lower stage, or was he maybe all the time still denying? Was he maybe passing through all the other stages in ultra-speed when facing the barrel of Mr. Braddock´s gun? As we remember - when taken out of the car, he uttered at first: "What? Me too? NO...it´s tomorrow" (= denial), then, fouriously: "But You HAVE to bring me to Paris" (=anger), then, pleadingly : "But You have to fullfill Your order" (=bargaining)After that: "oh, god"( =maybe still bargaining, this time with god, not with the killer, or maybe already depression).
Maybe it is just an overinterpretaion, but I like the idea :)
What do You think?

If you were to break it down like that I think you would have to say that the Australian was Denial, and Willie was Bargaining.

The Australian said he hadn't read the newspaper, that he didn't know Braddock was on a job. He denied knowing anything.

Willie is the bargainer, that is the whole reason he is wanted dead. They ask him why he turned his friends in and he said it is because he got a really good deal.

You could make the argument Maggie is anger.

I don't think the characters display only one trait, I think they all display different traits at different parts of the movie. Good comment by parze.

Because this movie is just plain stupid.

Stamps character was all about façade. Yes, he had had time to prepare for the moment and yes, he was playing the part. Up to a certain point, but then when death became tangible instead of some future possibility, he showed his true colours. He was scared.

Now compare this to how John Hurts character faces his end. He is the true existentialist here, prepared to accept the consequences of his actions, not Stamp.


Smiling is for the weak.

Do not forget that he had the opportunity to escape, that he did all but escape, but waited for them to come get him. In this light he comes off as a by the numbers sort, one who wants things to proceed as they are ordained to proceed. Irregularities are not tolerated well.

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