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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

By Will Ferrell and Adam McKay - Film

FilmScreen

Roles

  • Ricky Bobby
  • Susan

About this piece

Susan inspires Ricky Bobby to start racing again Details 1 hr 18 minutes into the film

Summary

Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrel) is a sensational NASCAR race car driver who dominates every race together with his childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly) who always ends up at the # 2 position. When a French race car driver, Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), challenges him for the # 1 spot, he is put to test. After getting into an accident, Ricky becomes depressed and stops racing. He moves back with his mother and starts delivering pizza for a living. In this scene Ricky is at a bar and meets his old assistant Susan (Amy Smart) by chance. They have a drink together and when Ricky tells her he doesn't want to race anymore, Susan gets angry and tells him he should start racing again, not for other people but for himself..."Ricky Booby is not a thinker, he is a driver. He is a doer!"

Tone

I wanted to tell you... I love youSchemingPersuading somebodyDoing business/making a dealKilling somebodyApologizingMaster/ServantBeating somebodyScolding somebodySaying goodbyeLeaving/dumping somebodyWill you marrry me?CommiseratingKissingFiring Somebody

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