The Beach- with Leonado DiCaprio suggestions: Richard is the hero. Play him like he is always looking for what to do next and does not panic until fear absolutely overttakes him! EXT. SEA. DAY. They are far out to sea now, several hundred meters from the shore. Richard swims at the front, the other two about five meters behind. RICHARD Everyone ok? ETIENNE We're ok. RICHARD I think we're about half way. A few strokes later. ETIENNE Richard - I saw a fin! RICHARD What! ETIENNE A fin! They all stop and tread water. RICHARD A shark fin? ETIENNE I don't know, just a fin. Over there. About a hundred meters. RICHARD Big? ETIENNE. Yes. RICHARD Well what the fuck do you expect me to do about it. ETIENNE Nothing. I just thought you ought to know. RICHARD Well to be honest, Etienne, I would rather have not known about it. ETIENNE I'm sorry. RICHARD A bit fucking late. He starts swimming again. A few strokes later he hears a short sharp scream from Francoise. ETIENNE Francoise! Francoise! Richard turns around. Francoise is gone. Her plastic bag bobs on the surface. Etienne is frantic, hysterical. ETIENNE (continuing) She is gone! RICHARD What happened? Etienne submerges briefly and resurfaces. ETIENNE She just went under the water. She was pulled under. Oh God, I don't see her. RICHARD Was there a shark? Did you see a shark? They both start looking down at their feet and circling frantically in the water. ETIENNE I don't know! I don't know! Oh God. Suddenly Richard screams. Francoise surfaces, pulling up his ankle. She and Etienne laugh at Richard. RICHARD Very funny. You Europeans, you have ssuch a playful sense of humor. No wonder your comedy has conquered the world. He swims on. ETIENNE What about Moliere? RICHARD Fuck off. He swims on without looking round.