Clash of the Titans Page #9

PERSEUS:

I'm not sure, Your Highness. I

did not know my father.

KEPHEUS:

(THROWN)

Yes, well... it means I had no

desire for my little girl's

carefree springtime to be cut

SHORT --

(to Cassiopeia,

IRRITABLY)

What is she?

CASSIOPEIA:

(EMBARRASSED)

I'm sure she's preparing herself

to make the best possible

impression.

Perseus suppresses a smile, amused by the royal couple.

Kepheus paces with mounting impatience.

KEPHEUS:

(LECTURING PERSEUS

AGAIN)

-- and all so she could be thrust

into a momentous conflict... of

which she knows nothing at all.

(CONTINUED)

28.

CONTINUED:

PERSEUS:

She's not the only one, sir. I

don't know much about the events

for which I've been drafted.

KEPHEUS:

(disarmed, but tough

GUY)

I take no comfort in that, young

man. In fact, I find little to

take comfort in here. You are a

stranger from a distant place, and

I am asked to entrust the welfare

of my daughter to you.

(LEANING INTO

PERSEUS)

If you are not kind and patient

with her, if any harm of any kind

should come her way, I will have

your head on a stake.

Kepheus thinks he sees a smirk on Perseus' face. He puts

his hand on the hilt of his sword.

KEPHEUS:

Is this amusing to you?

PERSEUS:

Not even a little, my lord. It's

just that I myself was waylaid --

snatched also, as you say, from my

happy springtime...

Kepheus studies him to see if he's making jest of him.

PERSEUS:

I've been told I'm to play a

part in events which serve a

higher purpose... of which I'm not

at all convinced.

KEPHEUS:

Does a truce in the war between

Men and Gods not strike you as a

higher purpose?

PERSEUS:

With all respect, I have never

seen a God. On my island, they're

no more than a story.

KEPHEUS:

You will learn there is more to

this universe than is found on

your island.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

29.

CONTINUED:

KEPHEUS (CONT-D)

(TO CASSIOPEIA)

This is supposed to be the son of

a God, yet he doubts their

existence!

CASSIOPEIA:

(TO PERSEUS)

They exist, young man. But if you

doubt their power, I join you --

KEPHEUS:

(ANGRY)

Cassiopeia! We have agreed such

talk has no place in this palace.

CASSIOPEIA:

(DEFIANT)

Have we?

PERSEUS:

I can only proceed based on what I

have experienced, not on a faith I

do not possess.

KEPHEUS:

Where does a young person get such

ideas?

PERSEUS:

Perhaps from my adopted father,

sir. I admire him greatly, and he

believes in little he cannot hold

in his hand.

KEPHEUS:

Is he a scholar?

PERSEUS:

No, Your Highness, a fisherman.

AMOUN (O.S.)

I know this mentor who so

influences young Perseus.

Amoun has silently entered the chamber. Perseus reacts

in amazement.

PERSEUS:

Master Amoun!

He hurries over to the older man, who embraces him

warmly.

(CONTINUED)

30.

CONTINUED:

AMOUN:

Porpoise... You've grown tall and

strong since my departure.

Perseus laughs at his old nickname and holds Amoun at

arm's length.

PERSEUS:

What are you doing here?

AMOUN:

I am honored to serve the King as

an advisor. His Magi Strategos.

PERSEUS:

From my village tutor to Magi

Strategos... What a path!

The King's patience is exhausted. To Cassiopeia

KEPHEUS:

Where is Andromeda? At the least,

the two should meet before

tomorrow's ceremony...

PERSEUS:

(FREAKED)

Tomorrow? Is the wedding so soon?

CASSIOPEIA:

The wedding comes later. Tomorrow

we will have the public

announcement.

AMOUN:

And a celebration of the treaty.

A Page enters and whispers in Kepheus' ear. Kepheus is

irritated.

KEPHEUS:

It seems our Andromeda has

wandered away.

Cassiopeia reacts, upset.

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