| Bill | |
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| Kill Bill character | |
Bill from Kill Bill |
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| First appearance | Volume 1 |
| Last appearance | Volume 2 |
| Created by | Quentin Tarantino |
| Portrayed by | David Carradine |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Snake Charmer |
| Occupation | Assassin |
| Family | Budd (brother) |
| Children | B.B. (daughter) |
Bill (played by David Carradine) is the fictional titular character for whom the movie Kill Bill is named. In the film, he is the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, which included his brother, Budd (Michael Madsen).[1] Bill's codename is Snake Charmer. At some point, he became the student of legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō (Sonny Chiba) and kung fu master Pai Mei (Gordon Liu).
For his performace, Carradine won the Saturn Award for Best Actor (the final award of his life) and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Deeply saddened by the apparent murder of one of his assassins (and his lover) Beatrix "Black Mamba" Kiddo, aka "The Bride" (Uma Thurman), Bill personally seeks out her killers only to find that she is still very much alive, trying to clear her past, and to start a new life with her unborn child.[1]
Bill surfaces unannounced at Kiddo's wedding rehearsal at the Two Pines Wedding Chapel and promises not to interfere with her new life. When Bill meets Kiddo's fiancé, Kiddo covers for Bill by saying Bill is her father. Bill wishes Kiddo the best of luck as he moves to the bride's side of the wedding chapel. At the same time, the remainder of his assassin squad moves in from outside and massacres the entire wedding party.[1] Bill delivers a final speech to Kiddo, after which he performs the coup de grâce by shooting her in the head. Before he fires, Kiddo tells him that he is the father of her unborn child.[2]
Kiddo miraculously survives the ordeal, but falls into a coma for four years. When she awakens, she assumes that her baby died because of her traumatic ordeal. Kiddo then proceeds to hunt down and kill the remaining assassins of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.
In a final confrontation at the end of Kill Bill: Volume 2, Kiddo storms in on Bill expecting to find him alone, but standing beside Bill is her daughter, now four years old. Bill has already told the girl, B.B. (Perla Haney-Jardine), that Kiddo is her mother. Bill then tells B.B. bluntly that he shot and tried to kill "Mommy". B.B. does not seem fazed by this revelation, and they spend the evening together as a family. After B.B. nods off to sleep, Bill and Kiddo settle their grievances and decide to conclude their "unfinished business".[3] In the short final fight, Kiddo fatally strikes him with the "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique", which she learned from Pai Mei.
Bill holds her hand one last time before Bill walks to his death. The two warriors forgive each other and Bill tells her that she is in fact a good person. Kiddo drives off with B.B. to begin their new life.[1]
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