rabbit
what was the name of the rabbit?
shareIt had 3, or possibly 4, names.
Danny named it Harry
Mac named it Trudy, though in the original screenplay he named it Rita (the name of the girl he had the angry phone conversation with, before he left Houston)
Stella named it Casserole de Lapin
Trudy is the name of the girl he had the angry phone conversation with - she was an ex-girlfriend. So when Stella asked Mac why he named the rabbit Trudy and he said no special reason, it was sort of funny/sad.
shareRita was the rude secretary that Mac asked out before he left on the trip and she blew him off...
shareAbsolutely right, apologies. Rita was the secretary, Trudi the girl on the phone. I'm lucky enough to have acquired a copy of the second draft of the screenplay which has a fair few scenes that didn't make it to the film. But whilst the scene in the office where Rita turns him down for a date that evening isn't in the draft, the name Rita is used in the draft for Mac's suggestion for the rabbit, but of course was changed to Trudi in the film.
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