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| “ | Ohhhhhh!!! I miss you a lot. | „ |
| ~ Duerson to Sofia. |
| “ | You're hilarious, Sofia. I'm ready to be yours forever. | „ |
| ~ Duerson's true plan to Sofia. |
Paul Duerson is the main antagonist of the 2025 comedy thriller film Borderline.
He was portrayed by Ray Nicholson, who also portrayed Simon Greenly on Novocaine and The Smile Entity as a hallucination version of Paul Hudson in Smile 2.
Personality[]
Biography[]
In 1990s Los Angeles, obsessive fan Paul Duerson approaches the house of pop star and actress Sofia Minor. Paul believes that he and Sofia are in love and plans to propose. When he is confronted by Sofia's bodyguard, Bell, Paul threatens suicide with a knife. Hallucinating that Bell is Sofia, he proposes with an imaginary engagement ring. Bell plays along in an attempt to defuse the situation, but Paul stabs him in the abdomen.
Six months later, Bell returns to work against the wishes of his young daughter, Abby, who worries for his safety. Bell discovers that Paul has escaped from prison along with fellow inmate Penny Pascal, and warns Sofia. Sofia and her new boyfriend, professional basketball player DeVante Rhodes, are initially confident in Sofia's security team. However, the two argue after Rhodes discovers that Sofia had been asked to befriend him as a potential co-star for her next film, and Rhodes leaves.
Arriving at the house, Penny kills Sofia's security guard, while Paul breaks in and knocks Sofia unconscious. Meanwhile, Paul's friend and accomplice J.H. Calhoun abducts Abby, Bell, and Abby's aunt Eleanor from Bell’s apartment. He shoots Bell in the head and drives Abby and Eleanor to Sofia's house.
Sofia wakes up locked in the booth of her home recording studio. She tries to reason with Paul, but he remains delusional. Paul leaves Sofia with Penny while he goes to put on a tuxedo. Sofia manages to escape from the booth and kills Penny in self defence. Paul returns to the studio and finds Rhodes, who had come back to check on Sofia. Continuing to hallucinate, Paul now believes that Rhodes is Sofia. The group is taken to a church, where Paul forces a pastor to perform a wedding ceremony between him and Rhodes as the others (including Sofia) watch perplexedly. Bell, who survived the shooting, finds the church and calls the police. After the ceremony, Paul kisses Rhodes and then stabs him in the side. A struggle then breaks out, and Bell and Sofia disarm Paul while a still-alive Rhodes kills J.H.. As emergency services arrive, Sofia and Rhodes agree to rekindle their relationship and Bell promises Abby that he will find a safer job. Paul, in the back of a police car, hallucinates that he and Sofia are happy newlyweds.
Relationship[]
Friends/Allies[]
- Penny
- J. H. Calhoun
- Sofia
Enemies[]
- Abby
- Eleanor
- Bell
- Rhodes
Trivia[]
- Borderlines and Novocaine came out on the same year on the same month where Ray Nicholson played the villain.