Ella Enchanted (2004)

Hugh Dancy: Char

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Quotes 

• 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...

• Char : [saved Ella]  You take your friends and find breakfast elsewhere.

  NiSSh : We'll pick up something else on the way. Anyway, you eat maiden, an hour later you're hungry again.