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Roman learnt to sculpt?


There are many issues with this movie, but I think the biggest
one I have is how Roman got into character. Did he plan this
out beforehand? The only way/reason he would be paying attention
or learning his brothers habits and behaviour was if he KNEW he
would pretend to be his brother in retrospect. He even knew
how to sculpt for God's sake! Is it that easy to learn that
anyone can do it without any training whatsoever? He even
convinces the dog it's him! And how about the "lucky coin"
that wasn't in any letter?!

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The only thing I can kinda answer is the dog. Dogs can be very forgiven and when Roman behaved nicely with him the dog forgave him.

"Sammy, I get all tingly when you take control like that." - Dean Winchester

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Why assume that he didn't already know how to sculpt?

Minte vreodata regula de trei

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lucky coin= he was watching them having sex. ha!
The other things, I think he had planned this out at some point. Maybe he was trying to learn Ryan's habits so Jess would like him better.

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He was good with electricals which was shown at the beginning. maybe he had hidden talent while watching and learning from his bigger brother. He did say to Jess "My hands feel different" so maybe he wasn't as good as Ryan but still capable and he did recently come out of a coma so that could also explain his lack of perfect artist handle that Ryan had. lol The reason I think that is because my Grandmother is an excellent dressmaker. She never trained me but I grow up watching and copying her. Now I make my own clothes.

Dogs sense changes in people but can still be trained if you win their trust. I'd image Roman was never nice or gentle with Norman but while Jess was at work, he worked on winning Norman's trust with a gentler approach. Even a nicer tone of voice with treats would have made a start.

The lucky coin thing. Jess did say she caught Roman in their room so he did route around their stuff and did watch them kissing so maybe he watched them having sex. He loved her from the beginning [an I wish they had shown a brief flashback of that court case she mentioned or there first meeting] so maybe he was trying to learn what she likes so he could change enough for her to at least like him.

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He used the excuse that his hands weren't working properly until he learned how to sculpt.

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so maybe he watched them having sex

Yup. It's hard to see unless you're watching a big screen, but Roman can be seen watching them from his window when they have lucky coin sex in the workshop.

I understand. Thank you for telling me. -The masked bandit

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