MATT READ stands in the Flyers locker room talking to ILYA BRYZGALOV about the movie Looper.
ILYA BRYZGALOV
So the Bruce Willy he heff to fight himself but he also different guy?
MATT READ
Well, Joseph Gordon Levitt plays the younger version of Willis’ character.
BRYZ
Then why they fight? Can’t they fight bad guys together like Turner and Hooch?
READ
You’re missing the point Bryz, the thing is….
Read sees the newly acquired SIMON GAGNE walk into the room.
READ
Who the hell is that?
BRYZ
I think that old you with cool hair. You fight to the death now?
READ
I-I guess we have to…
Read runs away to formulate a plan before he can hear SCOTT HARTNELL warmly welcome Gagne back to the team.
Read spends the rest of the day tracking Gagne’s every move. Practice, lunch, hair gel shopping. He eventually tracks Gagne down to the Melrose Diner. He sits down at a table across from Gagne.
READ
I never thought I’d see this day.
SIMON GAGNE
Do I know you?
READ
Am I really going to get that accent?
GAGNE
What’s going on?
READ
Look, I’m sorry, but I have to kill you. That’s my job in this brutal world. It’s just survival of the fittest. This is my life now, you’ve had yours already.
GAGNE
Hey, aren’t you one of my new teammates?
READ
By one of your new teammates don’t you mean the younger you?
GAGNE
I don’t actually think we’re the same person…
READ
So you’re not my future self that I’m supposed to kill as a part of a sci-fi tragedy?
GAGNE
I just got here from LA man.
Read sighs and throws a five dollar bill down on the table.
READ
This is the LAST time that I listen to Ilya Bryzgalov.