Exclusive: A Deleted Scene from Traffic

In the following scene, Robert Wakefield is in his car with his daughter Caroline after saving her from a life of drugs and prostitution. It's a shame it got cut from the movie, because dialogue with this much poignancy could have earned Michael Douglas and Erika Christensen a pair of well deserved Oscars.

CAROLINE: Oh, Daddy. I'm so glad to see you. I was so scared. And everything was so dirty. And I sucked so many dicks.

ROBERT: It's okay. You're safe now.

CAROLINE: No, you don't understand. I sucked so many dicks. I mean, there were just so many. I can't even begin to count... wait. Maybe I can do the math on it. Average about four dicks a day. Except on Saturdays. Oh, on Saturdays I sucked sooo many dicks. Ten... fifteen? I don't know. And I was there for six weeks...

ROBERT: None of that matters anymore. You shouldn't dwell on it.

CAROLINE: Seriously, so many dicks. And I juggled so many nuts--

ROBERT: Look, stop talking about the dicks and the juggling, okay? It's over. Just... just let it go.

CAROLINE: (pause) I guess it wasn't that many dicks.

ROBERT: Okay.

CAROLINE: Okay?

ROBERT: Okay.

CAROLINE: (whispering) Kind of a lot, though.

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