Under whom?
Braveheart (1995)
THE LEPER
A screenplay character in Braveheart (1995).
- lines
- 7
- words
- 169
- scenes
- 2
- dialogue
- 1.9%
- avg words / line
- 24
- shortest / longest
- 2 / 55
Sample dialogue
You admire him. Uncompromising men are easy to admire. He has courage. So does a dog. But you must understand this: Edward Longshanks is the most ruthless king ever to sit on the throne of England, and none of us, and nothing of Scotland, will survive unless we are as ruthless, more ruthless, than he.
scene 51 — INT. BRUCE’S CASTLE - BEDCHAMBER - NIGHTA commoner? So no one leads Scotland?
scene 51 — INT. BRUCE’S CASTLE - BEDCHAMBER - NIGHTYou will embrace this rebellion. Support it, from our lands in the north. I will gain English favor by condemning it and ordering it opposed from our lands in the south. Whichever way the tide runs, we will rise.
scene 51 — INT. BRUCE’S CASTLE - BEDCHAMBER - NIGHTPress your case to the nobles. They will choose who rules Scotland.
scene 51 — INT. BRUCE’S CASTLE - BEDCHAMBER - NIGHTYou have said yourself that the nobles will not support Wallace, so how does it help us to join the side that is slaughtered?
scene 76 — INT. THE DARKENED ROOM OF BRUCE THE ELDER, THE LEPER
Bookends
My son. Look at me. I cannot be king. You, and you alone, can rule Scotland. What I tell you, you must do -- for yourself, and for your country.