Ok bitch may be heavy handed but i think she was terrible to her dad at the end of the film. when at the ball she tells her father that 2every year she used to hope he would come and find her, but he never came". Maybe becuase of didn't know of Daphnes existance! and to berate him for not caring, even though he attempted to bring her into his family. I think that just smacks of being a tad pathetic.
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You have to remember that Daphne completely changed herself just to be apart of her father's life. She wanted him to love her for being herself and not an image of what everyone else expected. I see her as being hurt not a bitch.
shareHenry never ASKED Daphne to change. She made the decision on her own to try and fit in with his lifestyle. I never got any indication that he was not pleased with who she was. He may have been embarassed by her actions, but he liked who she was.
Henry did not know about Daphne so, to me, it was pretty great of him to welcome her so quickly into his family. She may have been his daughter by blood, but she was still a stranger to him.
I thought Daphne came off just like her mother. They both made decisions without notifying Henry, but blamed him when things did not work they way they wanted them to work.
Um, actually he did ask her to change (watch the movie again and take a look at the scene where he takes her to look at the family portraits).
However I do agree with you on the fact that more blame should probably be placed on her mother than there was. While I understand she was manipulated by the advisor, she was made out to supposedly be a stronger person than that. Oh well...
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i think she was terrible to her dad at the end of the film. when at the ball she tells her father that 2every year she used to hope he would come and find her, but he never came". Maybe becuase of didn't know of Daphnes existance! and to berate him for not caring, even though he attempted to bring her into his family...I think the movie does treat Henry a lot more harshly than it treats Daphne's mother (Libby). The movie glosses over the fact that Libby is the one who ran away to another country and hid her pregnancy.
If I remember correctly, the adviser told Libby that Henry knew about her being pregnant, but wanted her to leave, or something like that.
sharehenry's advisor knew libby was pregnant & told her to leave. the thought of a free spirited american girl worming her way into one of britain's most noble families was unacceptable & scandalous & could have hurt Henry's father's political career. but when henry's father died, henry himself was forced to ditch his own free spirited fun way of living for the rigid, uptight, structured life of a politician as per family tradition. henry's advisor simply manipulated the entire situation & lied to libby & henry. for years libby hoped that henry would put 2 & 2 together & waited, but he never got it.
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You're right, he did tell Libby that. I'm watching the movie right now and that's what he said.
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There was a big discussions between the actors and they never really liked that scene. They could not agree with the director how to approach that last scene with out making Henry looking cold and Daphne acting high an mighty. Obviously it was never resolved and they did as it was written.
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No, she couldn't be any nicer. A very likeable character, as were her mother and father.
shareShe berates him for changing her. Even though he iddn't say it, he knew that if she wanted to be a part of their family, she'd have to change. And yes, he didn't know she existed. But he knew Libby did, so why didn't he come after her?
"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and above all, those who live without love."
He didn't ask her to be that way but enjoyed not having his daughter embarress him and his political career, so therefore its all his fault?
Yeah, no moron.
His girlfriend took off, leaving him alone and never telling him he had a daughter, yet somehow its his fault for not knowing his daughter? That he should have gone after a woman who left him without telling him where she was going?
Yeah again, no moron.
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I didn't finish watching the movie just because Daphne's character annoyed me too much. I can't say why, but I just didn't sympathize with her at all?!?
shareThere was a big discussions between the actors and they never really liked that scene. They could not agree with the director how to approach that last scene with out making Henry looking cold and Daphne acting high an mighty. Obviously it was never resolved and they did as it was written.
she had no idea that he did not know of her existence
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