Adrian is a wealthy entrepreneur and scientist specializing in optics who commits suicide shortly after Cecilia leaves him. Played by: Oliver Jackson-CohenCecilia's abusive and controlling ex-boyfriend. Even after letting her killing of Adrian slide, James knows it's an act of lawless vigilantism that he has become an accessory to. Vigilante Woman: When she decided to take matters to her own hands in confronting Adrian and then killing him as payback for everything he has done to her.Vigilante Injustice: Her killing of Adrian is considered an act of lawless vigilantism and her going down the route of She Who Fights Monsters.It's clear to the audience that (on top of Cecilia being pretty) Adrian is a sadist and he can't bear "losing" Cecilia. Cecilia notes that nobody understood what the rich Adrian saw in a "suburban girl" like her. What Does He See in Her?: Deconstructed.Tragic Heroine: A victim of domestic abuse who continues being tormented and framed for misdeeds she did not commit by Adrian.At the end, when she is reunited with Adrian, she wears a fitted black dress. Significant Wardrobe Shift: Cecilia always wears a baggy and ill-fitting sweater and leggings.When she hears of Adrian's death, she quickly gets over it, but Adrian's apparent return forces her back into a paranoid mindset. The Shut-In: After seemingly escaping Adrian, she becomes a compulsive shut-in stuck in her friend James's house.She Who Fights Monsters: She appears to have undergone this by the end of the film after killing Adrian with cold satisfaction.However, the look on James's face also indicates that he knows he's just become an accessory to murder by allowing Cecilia to get away with killing Adrian, possibly with the additional realization that Cecilia's trauma has potentially pushed her down a dark path. Rebuilt Pedestal: After clearing herself of Emily's murder and any other crimes committed by Adrian, she becomes this towards James and Sydney.Rape as Backstory: Cecilia mentions that Adrian raped and sexually abused her in the past.Kess also sounds similar to Arthur Kemp's surname in the original novel. Her nickname "C" (as in "see") is also suitably ironic.
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