Well said and I completely agree. Hearing that, was like a punch into the gut. My heart breaks.

I was near tears even before his heart broke. He brought so much emotion to this scene

Reminds me a little of my husband and I before we started dating. I saw him as my best friend and confident. Didn't know he fell in love with me. I was going on and one about someone I had met, it was long distance. He was great at giving advice. I remember once he rescued me from a guy in the park lot. This man, who was in his late 40's early 50s, was waiting for me by my car and wanted to talk to me after Church. I was the coordinator for the young adult choir. It's always one of the last to leave. I didn't know I was being watched by this man. He told me he was recently divorced and his kids (early 20s like me) told him to ask me out. I tried to let this man down gently, but he would not take no as an answer. Then my best friend drives up in his white pickup truck and says: "Hey, aren't you coming, we're all waiting for you. The choir even called and asked what's taking so long." I smiled at the man and said. Oh, the surprise, I forgot I have somewhere I have to be. Since he was standing in front of my car. I just hopped into my friends truck, and we went to a nearby coffee shop. Victor then said, "I'm sorry if I interrupted something important, but a look on your face said you were. I didn't want to leave you alone. I'm not saying that you needed rescuing or anything." I then called him my knight and shining amour. Then, after Church, he would wait for me and walk me to my car. The sad and funny thing is that no one ever thought we were anything more than friends. He then told me he fell in love with a friend and told me why he fell in love with her. I was very happy for him and thought it was another friend. When he told me it was me. I laughed and asked if he was joking. He had a look of heartbreak on his face. He looked away, and I knew his eyes filled with tears. I then told him that I was so scared of dating him, and things would go wrong, I would lose my best friend. I couldn't bear to lose him. Well, long story short. We dated 5 years and have been married for 6 years. We have two kids together. Are very happy. I am so lucky to have him. Who cares if I am a couple of inches taller than him.

100% with you on this. Watched on DVD two nights ago and want to own it. And I’m trying to figure out how I can get the big screen experience since I missed its theatrical release. Crying right there with you! It’s truly captivating.

For her to want a man of intelligence, she seems a little ditzy in this scene. I have yet to see the whole film tho.

A lot in how you interpret actions depends on how you categorize the person involved. If the person is categorized as "friend", then you view their reactions as independent from you and related to some other situation. I'm more wondering how she missed the way he reacted to her news.

@@Afalstein Yeah…the way his expression just went from delighted to devastated, and she didn’t notice a thing.

She did notice, that's why he said his expression is because of the cut in his hand. I think deep down she probably knows but doesn't want to face it. And she's not sure if it's actually true, he doesn't tell her anything either so who's to say in her pov? There are a couple of clues like that (that she suspects or that she has a bit of a crush on him too). The director said in an interview that he wanted it to be up to interpretation.

From the director's interview to vulture: " I tried to make it open to interpretation, but to my mind, there is a part of Roxanne that knows that it’s Cyrano speaking to her beneath her balcony, and is in fact in love with Cyrano."

@@BadBloodwillout Still, for her to BUY that story... The director's explanation makes sense. The dialogue itself actually reads like she's oblivious and gently kidding around with him for showing pain from the wound. "Poor you." Dinklage's pain is too obvious for that take to be reasonable, so the actress showing genuine concern is the right take, otherwise she'd come off as heartless, but it seems the writers had a different tone in mind for this scene.

Ls? What is that? (Not a native English speaker so maybe I'm missing something here :D)

​@@flav2689"taking an L" means taking a loss. Same goes with "big W" meaning big win.

@@AnnaMorimoto Thank you! Now it makes sense. :)

We can love both!

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