Ben Mendelsohn credited as playing...
Lewis
- Cherry: [to Doug] Go burn a cat.
- [she exits]
- Lewis: Why are they always saying that?
- Doug: That's what I did.
- Lewis: Burned a cat?
- Doug: No, CATS. See mum had five cats, and me and mum we'd been having some... differences. So one night I rounded 'em up, put 'em in a cage, doused 'em with petrol and put a match to 'em!
- [Lewis chuckles, thinking it's a joke. Doug grins and laughs]
- Doug: Heh-heh! Funny, eh?
- [He sits next to Lewis]
- Doug: Then, I opened up the cage door and I let 'em run loose. Welllll, what a racket. They were runnin' round the backyard, burnin' and howlin'.
- [He gives a psychotic little laugh]
- Doug: No such thing as grace under pressure for a burning cat, lemme tell ya. Then, me mum came outside to see what was happenin'? Darn near freaked out she did. See, I figured I'd wait a couple of hours till the cats were dead and mum was feeling a bit sorry for herself, and I'd go up to the front door and I'd knock on it and I'd say, "Hi, Mum! I'm here to talk about our unresolved conflicts."
- Doug: But oh no, One of those FUCKING cats ran into the house; a couple of minutes the whole bloody house was on fire. Within half an hour there was no front door to knock on.
- Doug: Yeah, if it wasn't for that damn cat, I wouldn't be in here.
- Cherry: Will outsiders see the show?
- Lewis: Don't know.
- Cherry: If it's a real large role, I'll invite my dad. He'll be surprised to see me out of water.
- [Lewis just looks at her]
- Cherry: My dad was a great duck hunter. But we were very poor and couldn't afford a dog, so... He used to get me to point and fetch the ducks.
- [pause]
- Cherry: Those lakes can get pretty cold when you're swimmin' in 'em with a dead duck in your mouth.
- [Lewis gapes]
- Cherry: Haa! Just pullin' your leg!