Zeus was reluctant to join McClane as a team: "I ain""t your partner, I ain""t your neighbor, your brother, or your friend." In the bar area, Geoff ells Bonnie that she was partly responsible for Joe""s death while reciting the string of events leading up to it:Sure it was your fault.Polanski opted o use a bleak ending rather than the more hopeful finale in the original screenplay, presumably because of his life""s tragedies.Sloper.[Note: Ralph Richardson (who reprised his role in the film) starred in the London production as the heiress"" father, opposite Peggy Ashcroft.Dreading being in debt again the next month, however, she is considering separating from him.Like a milestone around his neck, she holds him back as a wife that must be supported.He and his impecunious career would be better off if they "bust-up." He has good ideas as an inventor, but no wherewithal to profitably finance hem.Her attitude toward marriage can be summed up in utilitarian fashion - she lacks domestic skills (of cooking and sewing) as a homemaker, but is confident of providing for her own material well-being hrough a rich male provider:Gerry: You see, by yourself, you could live so simply.