They were interrupted by pushy promoter Duke, pulling up in a limousine with his assistant Merlin Sheets (Michael Sheehan), who again offered to manage Rocky""s career if he would come out of retirement: "It""s a hell of a payday.Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), a prominent, rich and elegant Southern belle widow, matriarch, dowager and harridan in the community.Their plan to set up the antenna array was derailed when the apparatus was blown up - and McClane knew they were in trouble: "Bait, jerk us off, make Lorenzo sacrifice his best men.Tracy is revealed to be the slightly snobby, arrogant and spoiled heiress daughter of extremely-wealthy parents.