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Collins wife

posted 13 years ago by lamont-hard
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I did not understand her relationship with Cal, Also did she stick with Collins in the end.

[–] cashman1955 12 years ago

I'm not sure, but I think he had an affair with her. If not that, then he was romantically involved with her in college.

[–] lamont-hard 12 years ago

The journalist did sleep with her at one point and she chose Collins over him but I was talking about I did not understand what became of her and her husband in the end.

[–] profweetos 12 years ago

At one point, in the first meeting between the two guys, Afflekc said something like "I'm sorry for how we parted ways last time". I understood it as a big fight/arguement that occured in the past. The cheating of Robin Wirght w/ Crowe could be the reason ?

[–] gb901 12 years ago

Who knows? What we do know is that Collins was arrested and probably prosecuted thus ending his political career. I imagine she stayed with him as seems always the way of things?

[–] jbaddock 12 years ago

I think they had an affair in the past, that Collins found out about, but Cal didn't want to revive it. In the serial, it's the other way round - Cal and Anne have an affair during the story (which Collins finds out about), but Anne ends up walking out on both of them. Obviously, the serial could focus a lot more on the relationships - and Anne is a much more independent character than in the film.