The Adam Project (2022)

Walker Scobell: Young Adam

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• Big Adam : Laura, this is... me.

  Young Adam : Hi.

  Laura : Parallel contact, babe?

  Big Adam : Well, you know, you've always said that you wished you'd met me earlier. Here I am.

• Young Adam : You MADE yourself hate him... 'cause it was easier than missing him.

• Big Adam : Well, I'd say Bring Your Kid to Work Day was a huge success.

  Louis Reed : Uh-huh.

  Young Adam : Yep.

• Young Adam : Do you remember this?

  Big Adam : Remember what?

  Young Adam : This, right here, right now. You being here in 2022.

  Big Adam : Okay, I know where you're goin' with this...

  Young Adam : I mean, if this is happening to me...

  Big Adam : You're wasting your time.

  Young Adam : ...that means it already happened to you, right? Unless it works more like a multiverse where each ripple creates an alternate timeline...

  Big Adam : [irritated]  It's not a multiverse! My God, we watched too many movies.

• Big Adam : Yeah, well, when a bad idea is the only idea, it becomes a great idea.

  Young Adam : Who said that?

  Big Adam : You. Nine years from now, right before you get arrested.

  Young Adam : What?

• Young Adam : [to Adam, after figuring out something Adam didn't]  God, it's like I traded my brains for those muscles. It's a shit deal.

  Laura : [smiles]  Cute kid.

  Big Adam : [to Laura]  Precious, isn't he? Don't you just wanna hold him underwater till the bubbles stop?

  [Laura chuckles] 

  Big Adam : Oh, I freakin' hate myself.

• Young Adam : I think... I think it's easier to be angry than it is to be sad. And I guess, when I get older, I forget that there's a difference.

  Big Adam : How'd you get to be so smart?

  Young Adam : How'd you get to be so dumb?

• Big Adam : She still hasn't cleaned out his closet.

  Young Adam : She's not much of a housekeeper.

  Big Adam : Hey. You have her to take care of you. She has no one. You understand? Do you understand? She wakes up every morning with a broken heart and a, and a closet full of his clothes and gets nothing from you but a fistful of crap, and not even, like, ten seconds of genuine empathy.

  Young Adam : I'm you, you know.

  Big Adam : Tell me about it. You know, thity years, you still get sick to your stomach every time you remember how you treated her now.

• Young Adam : It wasn't my fault.

  Ellie Reed : I know you, Adam. I know that mouth of yours. I know exactly what got you punched.

  Young Adam : He was giving me crap in front of the whole class. I couldn't just take it.

  Ellie Reed : He's twice your size.

  Young Adam : Everyone is twice my size. I've seen babies bigger than me.

  Ellie Reed : I don't understand you.

  Young Adam : Dad would.

  Ellie Reed : [sighs]  What's goin' on, honey? Can you just tell me? If I keep havin' to leave work in the middle of the day, I'm gonna lose my job. It's the third time you've been suspended for fighting.

  Young Adam : I know. You'd think I'd be better at it by now.

  Ellie Reed : This goes on your permanent record. Do you get that? Do you care about your future? Do you? Son, you better start caring, because the future is coming, sooner than you think.

• Young Adam : Make good choices, okay?

  Ellie Reed : Said the boy who got suspended. I love you, honey.

  [mimicking Adam] 

  Ellie Reed : I love you too, Mom. More than I know.

• Young Adam : Ever had your ass kicked by a 12-year-old nerd with an inhaler? Suppertime, Spanky.

• Young Adam : Superhero landing!

• Young Adam : Will you stop and listen to me? This is my fixed time. You already had my childhood. You had adventures, you flew planes, and I'm still the nerd with an inhaler who gets his ass kicked. I want the rest of it.

  Big Adam : You want the rest of it?

  Young Adam : Yeah.

  Big Adam : Okay, here's the rest of it: Dad's death screws you up more than you ever realize. You get depressed. You get angry. You wander around high school without ever making a social dent. College is a high point until, after a year, you lose your scholarship for something that is so unbelievably stupid I cannot even say it out loud right now. You end up in the Air Force. Turns out you could really fly. And then along comes time travel, and the whole world starts to fall apart until the only woman you have... the only woman you ever loved gets taken away. Do you understand me? Till you lose... She just gets taken away.

  Young Adam : There's gotta be more than that.

  Big Adam : There is, kid, and thanks to Sorian, none of it's good. We can fix it.

  Young Adam : By destroying time travel?

  Big Adam : That's right.

• Young Adam : Wait, wait! How do you know my name?

  Big Adam : You're Adam Reed. Born February 10th, 2010. Your parents are Ellie and Louis Reed. Louis would've died about a year ago. You don't play any sports because of an acute asthmatic condition.

  [Hawking begins barking frantically] 

  Big Adam : Plus you're freakishly small for a 12-year-old. You go to Franklin Middle School, where you've been suspended two, maybe three times for fighting - which is ironic because you can't fight to save your life.

  Young Adam , Big Adam : Hawking! Zip it!

• Ellie Reed : [enters the house and see Adam on the couch]  Oh, hey. I'm surprised you're still up.

  Young Adam : Well, this night's been... full of surprises, Mother.

  Ellie Reed : That's chilling. What happened?

  Young Adam : How was your not-a-date? Will you be seeing him again?

  Ellie Reed : No. I don't know. I don't think so.

  [knocking at door; Ellie opens it and finds Derek] 

  Derek : Hi.

  Derek : Hi.

  Derek : Me again.

  Ellie Reed : Yes, it is.

  Derek : You left your scarf in my car.

  Ellie Reed : I did. Gosh, thanks.

  Derek : Oh, hey there, kiddo.

  Ellie Reed : Oh. This is my son, Adam. Adam, this is Derek.

  Derek : Oh, hi ya, Adam.

  Young Adam : Hello, Derek. You have a wonderful mouth mullet and you must be very proud.

  Ellie Reed : Oh my gosh, Adam.

  [laughs] 

  Derek : Never actually heard it called that before.

  Ellie Reed : Well, thanks again.

  Derek : Sure. Uh, see you soon.

  Young Adam : Unlikely, but I'll put in a good word for you, Derek.

  Ellie Reed : Okay. Okay. I'll see you at work.

  Derek : Yeah.

  Ellie Reed : Bye.

  [closes the door as Adam gives Derek a look and points at him] 

  Young Adam : He seems nice. What?

  Ellie Reed : You can be a real jerk sometimes, you know that?

• [Adam is on the run in the hallway from Ray and Chuck] 

  Ray : Adam! I'm gonna kill you! Reed!

  Young Adam : [accidentally knocking over a girl's belongings]  Oh! Oh no. I'm so sorry. That's my bad. Hi.

  Girl : No.

  Young Adam : Okay. Bye!

  Ray : Reed! Get your ass back here.

  Young Adam : [pushed to the wall by Ray]  Ow!

  Ray : Got anything else you wanna say?

  Young Adam : Actually, I...

  Ray : [punches Adam in the face]  Huh? No more jokes? Oh, I'm gonna enjoy this.

  Young Adam : Who talks like that? Did you order, like, a Bully Starter Kit on Amazon or somethin'? I mean, do you even hear yourself? Chuck, we talked about this.

  Chuck : I didn't say anything.

  Young Adam : Shut up, Chuck.

  [Ray punches Adam in the stomach and he and Chuck walk away] 

  Chuck : That's what I'm talkin' about.

• Young Adam : Do we get a lot of girls in college? I...

  Big Adam : Adam! Time travel exists. It exists. Isn't that crazy? Every conceptual idea you have about the universe has just been thrown out the window, yet your big question is, "Do I get laid?"

  Young Adam : Do I?

  Big Adam : Jesus Christ.

  Young Adam : I was just wondering.

  Big Adam : [exiting]  Well, wonder in silence.

  Young Adam : [whispering to himself, grinning]  Oh, my God, it's gonna happen.

• Louis Reed : Is that my jacket? Looks a little tight on you, don't you think?

  Young Adam : That's what I said.

  Big Adam : It's fine.

  Louis Reed : You look like a condom with buttons.

• Big Adam : Take it easy.

  Young Adam : [falls backwards yelling]  Ah!

  Big Adam : Or... you know, fall down and scream. Put the bat down.

  Young Adam : Who the hell are you?

  Big Adam : Just put the bat down. I'm not gonna hurt you, I promise.

  Young Adam : What are you doing in here?

  Big Adam : Mostly bleeding. W... Wait, how old are you?

  Young Adam : What?

  Big Adam : How... old are you?

  Young Adam : Twelve.

  Big Adam : [to himself]  Twelve. Shit.

• [Young Adam stares admiringly at his future self's arm muscles] 

  Big Adam : What?

  Young Adam : I just... You're... kinda ripped.

  Big Adam : Okay.

  Young Adam : Do you work out a lot, because... I don't think my genetics will have muscles like that?

  Big Adam : [overlapping]  Do you ever have a thought and not let it come out your mouth? Could be fun to just keep it in, you know?

  Young Adam : Maybe in the future there's like... like, gene therapy or nanotechnology for...

  Big Adam : [as his younger self reaches out]  Don't do it. Don't, don't... don't do it.

  Young Adam : So when does... all this... happen, and does everyone skip leg day in the future?

• Ellie Reed : I don't think it's a date.

  Young Adam : You dress thinks it's a date.

• Young Adam : Roger that, middle-aged Adam.

• Big Adam : I'm about to get my ass kicked.

  Young Adam : [repeating Adam from earlier]  Don't worry. He doesn't wanna fight.

  Big Adam : They wanna fight. The really, really wanna fight.

  Young Adam : Just look 'em in the eyes and smile. Smile in a way that says, "I want this. I've been waiting my whole life for this," then drop down and hit 'em in the private bathing suit parts.

• Ellie Reed : He's twice your size!

  Young Adam : Everybody is twice my size, I have seen babies bigger than me...

• Big Adam : How did you get to be so smart?

  Young Adam : How did you get to be so dumb?