What's the Difference between The Dark Fields the Book and Limitless the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Eddie Spinola
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Eddie Morra
Portrayed by: Bradley Cooper
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Carl Van Loon
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Carl Van Loon
Portrayed by: Robert DeNiro
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This Character does not appear.
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Lindy
Portrayed by: Abbie Cornish
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| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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This doesn't happen. |
Hank Atwood dies, and Eddie tells the man how was following him that the lawyer took the pills that were supposed to cure Hank. The man breaks in and Eddie gets the pills back. |
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Eddie withdrew 500,000 dollars and goes to see Melissa. He leaves her the briefcase with the money and a note. He sees on television that someone at the hotel where the merger was held recognized him and the cops went to question him and found Gennady's body. So he is wanted. He drives to Vermont. |
None of this happens.
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Eddie writes his story, and takes the last of the MDT pills he took from Gennady after he killed him. He waits for his inevitable death. He watches TV and sees the president. He thinks he looks like he is on MDT. |
12 months later, and Eddie is running for Senate. Carl Van Loon finds him and tries to blackmail him because he bought the lab that was making NZT. Eddie tells him he doesn't need it anymore. He might be lying. |