portman was the hitman who tried to kill rachel in the bodyguard.
portman was the hitman who tried to kill rachel in the bodyguard.
who is the hitman who tried to kill rachel in the bodyguard?
portman
frank and rachel attend nicki's funeral and then the academy awards ceremony, where frank gives rachel a panic button in the shape of a cross to immediately alert him to any trouble. despite this, a plethora of backstage technical issues hamper frank's efforts to monitor the proceedings closely. while presenting an award, rachel freezes and runs offstage, angry at frank for embarrassing her with overprotective measures. however, she returns to the audience and is present when announced as the winner for best actress. as she comes onstage to accept the award, portman is revealed to be the hitman, masquerading as the bodyguard for the ceremony's host (robert wuhl). frank notices portman pointing a gun disguised as a camera at rachel; as portman prepares for the fatal shot, frank runs onstage and leaps in front of rachel, taking the bullet meant for her and setting off chaos amongst the audience. upon regaining his balance, frank shoots portman through his camera-gun, killing him. frank is left wounded and rachel calls for help—all the while urging him to stay with her as he slowly passes out.
the bodyguard (1992 film)
the next day, fletcher is almost killed when a bomb explodes inside a boat he rode in on the lake moments before. finding footprints around the cabin and sabotaged automobiles, frank realizes that rachel's stalker has followed them there, but after securing the house for the night, he learns that rachel's obsessive stalker and the person trying to kill her are not the same. angry and drunk, nicki admits to frank that she hired a hitman to kill rachel during a drug-induced fit of jealousy, but that the letters from the stalker came before that. however, she cannot call the hit off because she does not know the killer's identity. abruptly, the hitman breaks into the house and fatally shoots nicki. frank, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, ensures that his father has secured the rest of the group on the second floor, then tracks the killer and pursues him into the woods. he shoots at the assailant but misses, allowing the latter to escape. the next day, frank learns from his secret service contacts that they have apprehended the stalker, and were interviewing him when nicki was shot.
the bodyguard (1992 film)