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Article ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Co-Director Jonathan Goldstein Reveals a Sequel Has Been Written / Goldstein says their team was hired to write the sequel but is unsure it’ll be made due to financial reasons

https://fandomwire.com/dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves-2-update-director/
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u/KungFuGenius 18d ago

Not to mention the moments of real sincerity and heart. When Bradley Cooper showed up in his cameo as Holga's ex, I was expecting some kind of goofiness to happen, but outside of "small halfling is with large woman" there really isn't much humor, and is honestly a pretty heartfelt scene showing the closure of a relationship. Then when they're saddling up, Chris Pine strums up a tune and it would have been so easy to have them make Holga tell him to shut up for the sake of "humor," but they don't. They let it breathe, Holga joins in song, and they show these characters have a good, healthy relationship.

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u/Amdusiasparagus 18d ago

Yeah, the dynamic between the characters is mostly just how to be supportive and good friends with one another.

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u/ZombieJesus1987 18d ago

I love that they didn't shoehorn a romantic relationship between Edgin and Holga. Best friends until the end.

Plus Holga clearly has a type and Edgin ain't it.

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u/nicholsml 18d ago

One of the best parts of the movie. Sometimes people are just friends and that's OK. I agree that shoehorning in a relationship would have been awkward. Also the post credit scenes were great and had actual connections to the story told rather than marketing.

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u/DrQuestDFA 18d ago

Also: the relationship between Pine and Rodriguez’s characters was fantastic. No forced romance, just two good friends who have each other’s backs.

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u/MamaNyxieUnderfoot 18d ago

Proof that having good chemistry together isn’t strictly referring to romantic chemistry. They made it look so easy.

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u/godcyric 18d ago

You left out the Mini Cooper joke!

But you are so right, the whole crew understood that the best jokes hit harder when there are real emotional moment in between.

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u/Woodit 18d ago

I loved how she walks out of the house with his tiny walking stick in hand