Script

Now, suppose I don t want to be King

I swore an oath to your dear father on his death bed that I d turn you from a roustabout into a royal and have you married to a princess

Ugh!

 by your next birthday, which is now just three days away!

Did you ever try to take a princess sailing? It s a joke! Their dresses get caught in the rigging. And most of  em can t even swim

You know, there s more to a woman than her flutter kick. Our kingdom needs a queen!

Where am I gonna find her, Grimbsy? A girl who s as carefree and alive as the sea itself. Where?

(PRINCE ERIC stares out to sea.)

It s too much to hope for, isn t it? Somewhere, out there... a girl who s a match for a guy like me?

Perhaps you re not looking hard enough.

Trust me, Grimsby  when I come across the girl of my dreams, it ll hit me like lightning.