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IVY + BEAN CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
[IVY] Ivy is a quiet, neat, and well-behaved 7 year-old girl who loves to read and has very deep thoughts. However, Ivy also has an exceptional imagination. She’s studying to be a witch and spends time memorizing her spell book and making potions. Ivy has great ideas but until now they mostly stayed in her head and then she meets Bean and realizes she has found a 7-year-old soulmate who will help her put those ideas into action. Together they will have so much more fun than either of them had separately. [BEAN] Bean is a 7 year-old girl, she is exuberant, boisterous, loud and joyful. She leaps out of bed every morning ready for a new adventure. Whether it's digging a Pit of Doom in her front yard or pranking her sister, Nancy, Bean’s the kind of kid who makes things happen, which is why everyone wants to play with her. Initially, Bean labels Ivy as "BORING!" but upon realizing Ivy has a vivid imagination, and is training to be a witch, Bean knows she has found her 7-year-old soulmate. NOTE: TO BEAN SELF-TAPERS: FEEL FREE TO BE VERY LOOSE AND FREE PHYSICALLY, TO HAVE EVERYTHING ABOUT BEAN'S PHYSICAL VIBE MATCH HER WILD AND FREE-SPIRITED PERSONALITY [NANCY] Nancy is Bean’s older sister. She’s between 11 and 14 years old and isn’t exactly grown-up…but she thinks she is. She loves buying clothes, chatting on the phone to her friends and putting on mom’s make- up…but most of all she loves bossing 7 year-old Bean around, especially when mom isn’t there. She rarely wants to play games with Bean anymore although the truth is that she sometimes misses the fun they used to have - but she would never admit it.
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STORYLINE: When 7 year old IVY moves into the neighborhood, 7 year old BEAN at first thinks that they will never be friends. But oh boy was she wrong! Ivy turns out to be the best friend that anyone could ever have. They are united in having wildly over-active imaginations and a dual chemistry. When Bean learns that Ivy is a witch-in-training, they team up to cast a spell on Bean’s bossy older sister, NANCY, that will make Nancy dance forever.
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Bean’s eyes widen. (She forgot about this.) BEAN (aghast) Oh no. (louder) Please don’t make me go, Mom! Pleasepleaseplease - CUT TO:
14 INT. DEPARTMENT STORE/DRESSING ROOM - DAY - LATER And now she’s slumping to the floor of Nancy’s dressing room, a puddle of misery. BEAN - PLEEEEEASEEEE can we leave? This is taking forever. I’ll be in high school soon! Bean sprawls amid a sea of discarded PANTS & DRESSES. Mom is zipping Nancy into a LIME GREEN SKIRT. NANCY What do you think? Nancy turns to one side in the mirror, then the other... BEAN It’s great. Let’s go. Ignoring her, Nancy checks the back, then the front... MOM I don’t know if the color works. Get off the floor, Bean. Bean lies there, then slowlllllly edges her head into the next stall. NANCY (O.S.) Do you think the pockets are dumb? MOM (O.S.) I like the pockets -
15 INT. NEXT STALL OVER - DAY A WOMAN looks down, then SCREAMS as Bean’s head come through. Bean quickly pulls it back. 15.
16 INT. NANCY’S DRESSING ROOM - DAY MOM BEAN!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!! Bean sits up, fast. BEAN Nothing! It was an accident! Nancy, still oblivious to Bean, checks the price tag. NANCY It’s kind of expensive... (hopefully) Am I getting extra clothes allowance, since I’m not a kid anymore? Mom starts picking up discarded shirts. MOM Nope. You’ll have to spend your money wisely. NANCY That’s not fair, Mom. I have to look NICE. I’m in sixth grade! Bean is literally pulling her hair. BEAN OH FOR THE LOVE OF BETSY, JUST GET THE DANG SKIRT! DON’T BE SUCH A TIGHTWAD!!! A bit stunned, Nancy and Mom swivel to look at her. NANCY What did you call me? MOM (half-laughing) Where on EARTH did you hear that? BEAN Grandma. (beat) Who’s Betsy? MOM It’s just an expression. Calling someone a tightwad is rude, Bean. Apologize please. Mom goes to grab some hangers. 16.
BEAN I’m sorry - that you’re a tightwad. Nancy starts to slowly - painfully slowly - pull on some leggings. (Up under the skirt). NANCY And I’M sorry - that this is taking sooooooooo looooooooong. She sticks out her tongue, ha ha. Bean sticks out HER tongue - and of course gets caught when Mom turns around. (General rule: Nancy never gets caught; Bean always gets caught.) MOM Bean! I’ll have to ask you to wait outside if you can’t behave. Bean jumps up fervently. BEAN Oh YES! PLEASE!! MOM Outside the DRESSING rooms, I mean. (calling) Don’t go any further...! Bean is long gone; the door
17 INT. DEPARTMENT STORE/MAIN FLOOR - DAY Bean barrels around the corner and takes a long slide out of the dressing room area. Free! At last! But the smile fades as she realizes - now what? As far as she can see, there’s nothing but zombie-eyed shoppers attacking rack after rack of clothes.
Ivy looks up, sees Nancy approaching. She scoots over to her steps and sits down to observe. Nancy walks straight to the $20 bill, now jiggling like a fish. As she reaches for it, it jerks away. NANCY (CONT'D) Very funny, Bean. BEAN (O.S.) I AM NOT BEAN. I AM THE GHOST OF MR. KILLOP. NANCY I can see your shirt. BEAN (O.S.) STAY AWAY FROM THE BUSH OR ICY FINGERS WILL WRAP AROUND YOUR NECK!! From the her step, Ivy stifles a laugh as she watches Nancy reach into the bushes. NANCY Get out of there! BEAN (O.S.) I’LL SPIT IN YOUR EAR..! OW! Let go! Nancy drags her out by the arm. NANCY (OVERLAPPING) What did Mom say about playing tricks on me? BEAN You’re killing my arm. My arm is dead! Helpppppp!!! Poliiiiceeee!!!!
23 EXT. SIDEWALK/STREET - DAY Nancy lets go. Bean sprawls dramatically on the sidewalk. (Not hurt in the slightest.) NANCY Get up. You’re lying in GERMS. BEAN (wan and woeful) I can’t. You broke my ankle. Nancy leans over to look. 20.
NANCY I did not... Bean jumps up and waggles her behind in Nancy’s face. BEAN Fooled ‘ya! Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Nancy pivots to their house. NANCY I am SO telling. MOOOOMM!!! Bean runs to get in front of her and do a little shuffle- dance. BEAN Tattle-tail, eat a snail, stick your butt in a garbage pail... Nancy has a devilish smile on her face. NANCY You know the rules. Three bad things and you’re toast. Bean stops shuffling. Nancy keeps walking. BEAN (voice trailing) I didn’t do three bad things... Reaching her porch steps, Nancy turns, implacable. NANCY One. You sprayed water all over the yard. Two. You were a nuisance in the store. Three. You played a trick on me. Oh, and four! You said “butt.” (sweetly) You’ll be grounded for a week. Despite her bravado, Bean is worried. BEAN Oh yeah? See if I care! Nancy heads into the house as Bean backs up (towards Ivy’s). BEAN (CONT'D) And I don’t care, because I’ll RUN AWAY!