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Minnie Driver, Vivica A. Fox, Anne Hathaway, Heidi Klum, Jim Carter, Hugh Dancy, Parminder Nagra, and Aidan McArdle in Ella Enchanted (2004)

Hugh Dancy: Char

Ella Enchanted

Hugh Dancy credited as playing...

Char

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  • Char: Kiss me...
  • [Ella leans in]
  • Char: That wasn't an order.
  • Ella: I know.
  • [kisses him]
  • Hattie: Ella stop kissing him. You are never to kiss him again.
  • Ella: You wanna bet?
  • [takes her mother's necklace from Hattie and turns back to Char]
  • Char: Marry me?
  • Ella: Now that I'll do.
  • Ella: Oh, my stepsister Hattie would die if she knew I was here. She's the, uh, the president of your fan club you know.
  • Char: Oh, Hattie, yah. Thank you. Now I know what name to put on the restraining order.
  • Char: Ella, tell me how you really feel about me.
  • Ella: I love you.
  • Char: Traveling with an elf? What? Your boyfriend couldn't make it?
  • Ella: No.
  • Char: [disappointed] Oh.
  • Ella: Because I don't have a boyfriend.
  • Char: [happily] Oh.
  • Ella: What about you? Your girlfriend doesn't mind being left alone?
  • Char: I don't have a girlfriend.
  • Ella: [happily] Oh.
  • Char: I have many.
  • Ella: [disappointed] Oh.
  • Char: I'm kidding, you shouldn't believe everything you read in Medieval Teen.
  • Fan Club Girl: Prince Charmont, are you a fast runner?
  • Char: Not particularly, no. Why?
  • Fan Club Girl: Get him!
  • [a mob of girls start chasing Char]
  • Ella: [angrily] Prince Charmont.
  • Char: Please, call me...
  • [sees Ella for the first time and is smitten]
  • Char: ...call me Char.
  • Char: Tell me, do you get a kick out of near-death experiences?
  • Ella: No, I was fine, I had things well in hand.
  • Char: Oh, yes, I could see that as you were dangling over the boiling cauldron. No doubt lulling the ogres into a false sense of security.
  • Char: These last few days have been so perfect. Except for the bit where we almost got eaten by ogres. And you wrote a letter that ripped out my heart. And I had to dance with Hattie.
  • Char: You can curtsy or not; that's your choice. There's nothing I can do about it... except have you beheaded, but that seems a bit extreme.
  • [Ella and Char arrive at the giants' wedding party]
  • Char: I hope this is a good idea. They must hate the royal family.
  • Ella: No, they'll respect your courage at showing up here. Besides they don't hold grudges... they're bigger than that.
  • Char: Tell me about your sister.
  • Hattie: Olive? Idiot.
  • Char: Uh, no. Ella.
  • Hattie: Oh. Hmmmph. I don't want to talk about her, she's so dreary.
  • [giggles]
  • Hattie: I just want to talk about us.
  • Char: Us!
  • Char: Well, that's on our way back to Lamia. We'll accompany you.
  • Ella: Well, that's not necessary.
  • Char: But it makes it so much easier rescuing you if I don't have to commute.
  • Char: Well let me see, so far the score is chivalry two, gratitude zero.
  • Char: You're the first maiden who hasn't swooned at the sight of me.
  • Ella: Then maybe I've done you some good.
  • Ella: You're about to become king. You'll have the power to make a difference in the world, and you don't even care.
  • Char: It's not like I asked to become king. I have no say in the matter.
  • Ella: Well thanks to your uncle, there are a lot of people who have no say in the matter. Nobody should be forced to do things they don't want to do. Take it from somebody who knows.
  • Ella: I don't need your chivalry, thanks. And I have no intention of curtsying either, so you can *forget it.*
  • Char: Uh, well, you can curtsy or not, that's your choice. There's really nothing I can do about it. Except to have you beheaded, but that seems a bit extreme.
  • Ella: Charming. Why don't you do what your people usually do? Steal my land, and then destroy my livelihood. Now, if you'll excuse me...
  • [walks off, on her way]
  • Char: Wait a second!
  • [snaps his fingers]
  • Char: Come back here!
  • [and as is Ella's curse, her spell kicks in]
  • Char: Ella of Frell you're not like other girls.
  • Ella: You have no idea.
  • Char: I suppose that dagger that you were ready to plunge into my heart was just an early wedding present.
  • Char: [Char swings by on a rope, tossing Ella a sword and grabbing one for himself] I can't believe I'm saving you, after you tried to kill me!
  • Ella: I didn't try to kill you.
  • Char: [to a member of the Red Guard trying to kill Ella] You stay away from her!
  • Char: [both of them fight back some guys] What, so that dagger you were about to plunge in my back was just an early wedding present?
  • Ella: [a guy goes to attack Ella, and Char fights him back. Benny gets turned into a pumpkin accidently. The Red Guards keep attacking] Okay, maybe I did try to kill you, but that wasn't me.
  • Char: What?
  • Ella: Okay, maybe it was me, but it wasn't my fault.
  • [Ella and Char duck right as a guard attacks, causing him to hit 2 guards behind them]
  • Ella: [Benny gets turned into a man and joins the fight] ... then Edgar found out about the curse and he ordered me to kill you.
  • [Char fights off a guy behind Ella]
  • Ella: And the only way I could think of to stop it was to break up with you, even though I'm pretty sure that you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.
  • [while still lookingn at Ella as she explains, Char fights a guy attacking him from behind]
  • Ella: And that crown he's about to put on your head...
  • [Ella helps with the guy behind Char]
  • Ella: It's a trick. It's poisoned.
  • Char: Duck.
  • [Ella ducks, as Char swings his stick around, hitting all three Red Guard attacking them]
  • Ella: [Ella stands up, looking around, rather shocked, at the men on the ground] Whoa.
  • Char: Edgar's trying to kill me?
  • Ella: Yes. I - hold on.
  • [Ella jumps up and kicks a Red Guard behind her, taking him out, rather swiftly]
  • Ella: [Ella's stepmother is appalled by the act, Heston moves through the crowd] Uh, Char, there's one more thing.
  • [Edgar throws a shield of of himself and stands. Char looks straight at Ella]
  • Ella: He killed your father...

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