曾經飾演《Gone Girl》復仇人妻 Amy的 Rosamund Pike,本身已經是一朵黑化的英倫玫瑰,演邊緣女性、女反派,總帶著一股酷勁,誰不喜歡一個短髮、多謀善斷的女反派?過去曾經有《Catch Me If You Can》的李安拿度,這個時代,則有《Ocean’s 8》的幾個女大盜,還有《I Care A Lot》(譯名:詐欺女王)的Marla。
Look at you, sitting there. 看看你,坐在那裡,
You think you're good people. 以為自己是好人。
You're not good people. 你才不是好人。
Trust me, there's no such thing as good people. 相信我,好人從來不存在。 I used to be like you... thinking that working hard and playing fair would lead to success and happiness. 我曾經像你一樣,以為努力工作、公平競爭會為我賺來成功和快樂。 It doesn't. Playing fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor. 才不會。公平競爭是有錢人發明的笑話,用來讓我們保持貧窮。 And I've been poor. It doesn't agree with me. 'Cause there's two types of people in this world: the people who take...and those getting took. Predators and prey. Lions and lambs. 我試過貧窮,我不太喜歡。這個世界有兩種人,一種負責榨取,一種等待被榨取。獵人與獵物,獅子和羊羔。 My name is Marla Grayson, and I'm not a lamb. I am a fucking lioness. 我是瑪拉格雷森,我不是羊,我是她媽的母獅。 —— MARLA GRAYSON (ROSAMUND PIKE飾演) , I CARE A LOT (2020)
以上是《I Care A Lot》的開場旁白,由Marla點出她看待世界的角度:這個世界,本身容不下公平競爭,大家靠關係、靠壟斷、靠權力,一個人,或者說,一個女人,想快樂成功如巴菲特,得認清這個殘酷的遊戲規則,你必須跳出框架。
這段獨白,大概已經為這個敲詐老人的女反派博得不少同理心。
《I Care A Lot》講述Marla——老人的法定監護人,背後的騙局和敲詐,她慣用的手法是先資料搜集,尋找富有的老人,有時候透過線眼得知富有老人的存在,線眼包括女醫生,成功後當然會分佣金;鎖定目標, Marla便向法庭提出將老人變成自己的監護對象,在庭上必須七情上面,指出該名老人如何受到子女疏忽照顧,從而接管老人的財產和行動權;將以上步驟重複又重複, Marla便坐擁龐大財富,在接管財產的同時,亦會將老人安置在有友好關係的老人中心裡面。