What's the Difference between Confessions of a Shopaholic the Book and Confessions of a Shopaholic the Movie?
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Beccy Bloomwood
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Beccy Bloomwood
Portrayed by: Isla Fisher
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Confessions of a Shopaholic Book vs Movie
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Becky is from England and lives in London. |
She is American and lives in New York City. |
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Becky's hair is brown. |
She is a redhead.
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Becky's parents tell her she needs to save more money. |
They are bad with money themselves and spend their retirement savings on a Recreational Vehicle. |
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Suze and Tarquin start a relationship slowly. |
There are in a serious relationship from the start.
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Becky is the lone bridesmaid at Suze and Tarquin's wedding. |
There are many. |
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Becky's scarf is blue and gray. |
It is green.
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This didn't happen. |
Luke takes Becky to Miami. |
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Becky works at Successful Saving magazine from the beginning of the story. |
She is working for a gardening magazine and then gets an interview at Successful Saving.
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Luke owns his own PR firm. Becky's boss is Phillip. |
He is the boss at Successful Saving magazine. He is Becky's boss. |
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Alicia Billington works at Luke's PR firm. |
She works at a fashion magazine where Becky had wanted to work.
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Becky goes on the morning TV show to talk about an article she wrote about the bank's shady dealings with her neighbors. |
She goes with Luke to talk about The Girl With the Green Scarf. |
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Derek Smeath is polite and works out a deal with Becky in the end to pay off her credit card debt. |
He is the villain and wants to embarrass Becky on live TV.
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In the book, pounds and pence are used, since the book is set in the United Kingdom. |
In the movie, dollars and cents are used, since the film is set in New York City of the United States of America. |
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Luke hears Becky ask for twenty pounds, and stops the whole Press Conference just so he can hand a twenty pound note to her, once she has made up a story of needing the money to buy a present for her aunt who is in hospital. |
Her credit card is declined, so Rebecca goes to a hot dog stand and offers to buy all the hot dogs with a check, if the seller gives her back change in cash, saying the scarf is to be a gift for her sick aunt. The hot dog vendor refuses but a man (Luke) offers her $20.
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