John Carter (2012)

Ciarán Hinds: Tardos Mors

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• Tardos Mors : Dejah, ever since you were a little girl you've always met the expectations placed on you...

  [Dejah gently places her hand on his] 

  Tardos Mors : It's Sab's terms.

  Dejah Thoris : What are they?

  Tardos Mors : He will spare Helium if you accept his hand in marriage.

  [Places his hand upon hers but Dejah quickly takes it away] 

  Dejah Thoris : No. He is a monster! You must refuse him!

  Tardos Mors : He's already on his way here.

  Dejah Thoris : But all of my work... I just need a little more time.

  Tardos Mors : Dejah.

  Dejah Thoris : How can you... You can't just bow down to Zodanga!

  Tardos Mors : A wedding will save the city!

  Dejah Thoris : Perhaps but it could lose you Barsoom!

  Tardos Mors : Dejah.

  Dejah Thoris : With no one to stop Zodanga will be the beginning of the end! You are a Jeddak of Helium! You must find another way!

  Tardos Mors : There is not another way!

• Tardos Mors : Dejah, ever since you were a little girl, you've always met the expectations placed on you. It's Sab's terms.

  Dejah Thoris : What are they?

  Tardos Mors : He will spare Helium, if you accept his hand in marriage.

  Dejah Thoris : No! He is a monster! You must refuse him!

  Tardos Mors : He's already on his way here.

  Dejah Thoris : But all of my work! I just need a little more time!

  Tardos Mors : Dejah.

  Dejah Thoris : How can you...? You can't just bow down to Zodanga!

  Tardos Mors : A wedding will save the city!

  Dejah Thoris : Perhaps! But it could lose you Barsoom!

  Tardos Mors : Dejah!

  Dejah Thoris : With no one to stop Zodanga it will be the beginning of the end!

  Tardos Mors : We do not... we do not have the luxury.

  Dejah Thoris : [shouting]  You are the Jeddak of Helium! You must find another way!

  Tardos Mors : [shouting]  There is no other way!

  [Dejah looks away from Tardos] 

  Tardos Mors : If there were, I would risk anything to cease it. This is the chance we have been given. Perhaps it is the will of the Goddess.

  Dejah Thoris : No. It is your will. When I was little and we would look up at the stars, and you would tell me of the heroes whose glory was written in the sky. How there was a star up there for me. Is this what you imagined would be written on it?

  Tardos Mors : [before Tardos answers her Kantos enters with his men] 

  Kantos Kan : My Jeddak, Sab Than's Corsair approaches the city. They signal for permission to land.

  Tardos Mors : Grant it.

  [Dejah turns away from Tardos in disappointment and sadness] 

  Tardos Mors : And let us prepare ourselves for a wedding.

• Tardos Mors : [In Zodanga the wedding procession is taking place, Dejah walks towards her father]  I know that this is not the fate you'd have chosen for yourself, or for Helium. But choice is a luxury, even for a Jeddak of Barsoom. Even if in your heart...

  Dejah Thoris : The heart is a luxury.

  [Tardos starts walking Dejah down the isle towards Sab Than] 

  Tardos Mors : Steady.

  Matai Shang : [Matai Shang is next to Sab Than as they watch Dejah and her father walk towards them]  Remember, she is not the prize. The prize is Barsoom.