Amelia Williams [After being sucked out door of Metair Flying V Luxury Jetliner in parachute with a camera ball filming ]
Stop **** filming me! Assholes!
Played by Emilia Jones 
The Running Man (2025) · 87 quotes
The Running Man (2025) · 87 quotes
Tied for 4th most-quoted character in The Running Man (2025): in 7 of its 87 quotes
Most scenes with: Ben Richards (5), Dan Killian (3), Bobby Thompson (3)
Scenes with Amelia Williams
7 scenes Amelia Williams We interrupt the Americanos for a live update from the Running Man.
Amelia Williams Who even likes this show?
Zaza
The Poors. Duh.
Amelia Williams Zaza!
Zaza
They're the only ones dense enough to think it's real.
Amelia Williams I know, it's so fake.
Go ahead. Say what you gotta say.
Amelia Williams Why? You can go crazy and kill me? No.
You have one minute to speak freely.
Amelia Williams How do you live with yourself? Hmm? You dare sit there and criticize my driving?! Tell me how to operate my own car?! I am a member of society! You disgust me! You abandoned that starving baby, that horrible wife of yours! So you can what?! Kill people for money?! And you only kill the best people! The people who protect us from... from welfs like you! And that's not a word I use!
[Holds up photo of wife and daughter]
That is my family. Our number finally came up for the park. Watched Kathy try ice cream for the first time. That was the best day of my life. So yeah, you're right. The show is so fake. Not the bullets. Not the death. Just the part that makes people like you think you're better than people like us.
Let me ask you something. How much was that scarf?
Amelia Williams Huh?
More than the meds my daughter needed when she was dying of the flu? The flu! That is a human life hanging around your neck. You seem to be doing fine. Who can blame you? It's a nice scarf.
Amelia Williams I'm not a bad person.
No, do not start crying. I will shoot us both if you start crying. Cry when it's over. When will that be?!
Vehicle prompt voice
[Being forced over by a militia truck]
You have successfully yielded. Nice!
Militia man 1
[Gets out of truck with rifles drawn]
Oh, hey, Richards. You've been pulled over by the Rustic Rock Mulisha Boyz. We're here to secure our homestead in the name of the network!
Militia man 2
Don't worry, lady! We're the good guys! Just step out of the car. You'll be safe with us. It's him we want. :Ben Richards: Just go. [The Running Man camera ball opens automatic fire on the two militia men and destroys their truck]
Amelia Williams What the **** is happening?!
The producers just killed Network Mulisha instead of me.
Amelia Williams They wouldn't do that! All those men were just trying to protect me from you!
What is it going to take for you to get... I'm not the bad guy! [Slams revolver on dashboard with Amelia grabbing it and pointing it at Ben]
Amelia Williams Take the car! Just drive away! I don't want to hurt you!
You think they're going to let you walk after seeing that? You're on the show now.
Amelia Williams No, I'm not!
[The Running Man comes on vehicle screen]
Richards lives. And this time, he's got a hostage. Amelia Williams, a 27-year-old realtor from Bangor, Maine. [Faked overhead footage of Amelia waving from vehicle window]
Amelia Williams Help me! He's got a gun!
Welcome to the Running Man.
Amelia Williams Help me, please!
The crisis continues as Miss Williams Gray Alpine heads north on Rustic Rock Siding Road. The hostage situation has triggered the NCG to go into full tactical alert.
Amelia Williams Turn it off!
Miss Williams was carjacked and kidnapped by- [Ben complies]
Amelia Williams [Continues driving with locals chanting "Richard Lives"]
Unbelievable.
Yeah, it's a circus, all right.
Amelia Williams So they're just going to keep filming us?
If a runner gets good ratings, they let him run.
Amelia Williams Oh, God. Is that a blockade?
Oh, shit. All right. If we play our parts, they'll let us pass.
Amelia Williams Oh, shit, shit, shit.
Okay. Just keep driving. We're not going to shoot.
Amelia Williams How do you know?
Because they're going to wait for the show to start. Do it live.
Amelia Williams Do what live?
Kill me.
Amelia Williams They're waving us through. Why are they turning for you when I'm the hostage? Unbelievable.
Amelia? Can you give me the gun?
Amelia Williams Why not? You're obviously the hero.
[Takes gun from her]
Trust me. I don't think we're going to need this anymore. [Throws gun out window]
NCG agent
Record and report. State your claim.
[Audio plays]
Oh, my God. I just saw Ben Richards. I'm sorry. Wait. I am Ben Richards. And if you don't want to be the reason Amelia dies... get this message to Killian.
Fake Amelia Williams Do what he says please.
You heard the lady.
[On bullhorn to Evan]
Before you murder us, make up some bullshit why it had to be done. Look at all these people who know, the truth. Are you willing to kill all of them? Because I am. I'm holding on to this bullhorn with my right hand. My left hand is in my front pouch, wrapped around 12 pounds of black Irish. [Supporters get spooked] When I used to work at Network Public Utility, you get these two ton fatbergs, take less than a gram to blow those up. Twelve pounds. It'll vaporize everything in a half mile radius. [Supporters all turn running]
[Into his bullhorn]
Bullshit. BFE 20 is the most highly regulated industrial explosive and you haven't even set foot in a state that sells it.
Guess Molie didn't tell you everything. I got my finger stuck in the detonator ring and it's on half ****. [Evan hands bullhorn to subordinate] So, I want one of those big fancy flying V airplanes. [Evan takes off sunglasses] I want two auto shoots handed to Amelia at the bottom of the ramp. If the shoots are sabotaged, if you make any sudden moves, [Evan cleans sunglasses with shirt] if you don't back those trucks up and let me on that tarmac right **** now, you won't even hear it go boom. I'll just see you in hell and let you laugh in your face. You got one minute. [Throws bullhorn on ground and closes vehicle door] Shouldn't take long. He's got a direct line to the boss. Last chance to run.
Amelia Williams No. You made me feel like I'm the bad guy. Now I have to prove I'm not.
Why don't you give a shit what I think?
Amelia Williams You're not the one I'm trying to prove it to. So what's our plan?
Let him through.
I'm gonna convince them your handbag is a bomb long enough to bail out over Canada. They'll never let me win, so I'm gonna slip out the back door and wait out the clock. We just have to keep the audience entertained until that jet crosses the border.
Amelia Williams What if they call your bluff?
You make sure they know it's real. Get scared, freak out. Curse, scream. Call me the worst names possible. Just remember, everything bad, it's all good Free-Vee. Act terrified when McCone hands you the chutes.
Amelia Williams I won't have to act.
He grabs his gun, you'll know it's time to go off. [Amelia boards plane] So, you think you're the guy who stops me from seeing my daughter again?
Show starts at eight. Get on the plane.
Only if you take your mask off. Audience will love it.
Keep dreaming.
Do what he says. [He complies and Ben boards plane]
First Officer Dunninger
The seatbelt sign is now off. Feel free to move about the cabin.
Hey Richards, six minutes to showtime. You should get that last meal before they clear me to blow your head off in front of a couple billion people.
Oh yeah? You know, you should really put some makeup on before the show starts.
Amelia Williams [Gets up and stands between Ben and Evan]
No, no, no! Just stop!
Do it! Do it, tough guy!
Amelia Williams Why are you doing this?!
See if I twitch!
Amelia Williams Show him the bomb! Show it to him before he shoots you and kills us all!
Amelia Williams [Walks up to Ben]
No, just show it! [Evan pulls her away] 'Cause I don't want to feel like this anymore! Do you **** hear me?! I'm done!
Let's calm down.
Amelia Williams I'm **** done! [Evan seats her]
[Walks up to Ben]
Alright Richards, what if I offer you an amnesty deal and an exit visa?
You're nothing but a Halloween costume. You can't offer me shit!
How about I offer you a deal? You tell your hunters in the cockpit to do what I tell them. Otherwise... I blow up this jet and everyone on it!
Ben, I admire your commitment to the bet but we're short on time so... I'll be blunt. We know you're bluffing. The Flying V Mark II has scanners built into the doors. It's been wildly entertaining. But you can give Amelia her lovely handbag back now. [Evan laughs, Ben sits and takes out Amelia's bag, throws it on ground and Evan walks up to Ben with gun drawn] Evan? Evan, don't.
That's game.
Navigation Officer Donaghy
[With guns drawn with co-pilot]
Safety of that weapon, sir.
Evan, are you insane? The show hasn't even started. Hand over your gun and go to the back of the jet. [Evan hands over gun to pilot] Thank you. [Evan walks to back] You can remain there until I say otherwise. I need a moment to have a word with Mr. Richards. To discuss a sensitive matter. [Dan appears on screen near Ben] Let's keep this between us. You know, it wasn't too long ago that someone with my job thought it was more important to force some hypocritical moral message down society's throat than to simply entertain them. They forgot about the power of illusion, the power of the star, which is what you are, Richards. And this is why we want to offer you your own show. Now picture it. A former runner, redeemed through righteous vengeance, turns his life around to become a lethal force for good. They call him... The Hunter. The board has authorized me to pay you five million new dollars per season. There's only one condition. Sit back, watch the intro, and when Bobby cues you, kill every hunter on that jet. Conditions met, I'll remote pilot you back to the studio jet port where the president of the United States will induct you as hunter number six. [Waves hand] Another title idea I'm playing with. The data says the revenge plot... revenge.
Revenge for what? Who is gonna root for a guy who kills your national heroes? [Dan squints eyes] I call bullshit, Dan. [Dan waves hand]
Let me worry about the creative.
No deal. The truth, then.
Revenge for your wife and child.
Why would I ever believe you?
Because. If they were still alive, I'd hold them at gunpoint and force you to do whatever I want. And torture them right in front of you. I didn't want to show you this. But I'm out of time to save your life. [Screen shows footage of hit squad arriving at apartment door] The hunter you killed was part of a tight crew. McCone and the men in that cockpit flew to Co-Op City, to Sheila and Kathy's secret uptown location.
No.
They badged their way past the family alliance agents and... I'm sorry, Ben. Not all accidents are happy. [Hit squad opens fire into apartment and Ben screams primally hitting screen] We want you to win. The audience is already on your side. Once I show them footage of McCone and his men killing your family, they will follow you into hell. Think of what this does for your narrative. Thirty seconds to showtime, Ben. You'll find a gun by the coffee station in the galley. But if you don't sign before the theme music ends, I'll order the bastards that killed your family to kill you, too. [Ben grabs screen out of stand and smashes it on table]
Amelia Williams What's happening?
Tune in and find out.
[Amelia pushes Free-Vee button on armrest and a screen turns tuned into The Running Man show, Bobby to audience]
Everyone, everyone. Please settle. Now, now. [To camera] We start today's episode with a heavy heart. We here at the Running Man believe in following the rules. So it pains me to tell you that one of our most important rules has been broken by the very men we entrust to enforce them. Chief McCone and his hunters. And that rule is... [holds up cue cards] we protect the Runner's family from harm. No one would play if we didn't. We thought it only fair to let Richards administer the penalty for this grave infraction. [First Officer Duninger gets gun] As we go live to Richards, we pray he has what it takes.
First Officer Duninger
[To Ben]
Hey, Richards. You making coffee?
Yeah. How do you take it?! [Shoots Duninger and engages two other pilots in struggle for firearms, causing the plane to drop down]
Automated voice
Altitude alert. Remote pilot engaged. Disengaged. [Finishes off two pilots in free fall] Altitude alert. Remote pilot engaged.
And then... there was one. Three hunters down. But the deadliest among them is still somewhere on this jet.
[Opens cockpit door and she gasps with her holding parachute pack]
He took the other parachute. I couldn't stop him.
Strap that on. Keep your head down.
The prey has become the predator. Evan cone is trapped. Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. Mr. Williams is checking all of the flying V's in executive toilets. It's four. The fuse has been lit. It's just a matter of time. Okay, here we go. The moment of truth.
Uh-oh. That's gotta be disappointing. The tension is higher than ever Running fans. It all comes down to this.
Amelia Williams [Evan knocks down Ben]
Ben! [Evan hoists up Ben]
Whoa!
Amelia Williams No!
[Shoves Ben into a lav]
You wanna know who's stopping you from seeing your kid again? You! [Smacks Ben's head against a mirror shattering it.
That had to hurt! [Ben smashes Evan into a mirror]
Amelia Williams No!
[Evan slashes Ben's abdomen with a mirror knife]
Oh, no. Richards has taken a savage blow!
Shut the **** up Bobby! [To Ben, taking off sunglasses] If this is how they fire me, what do you think they'll do to you? Chump. You think you're the only Runner ever got offered a deal? You think surviving two weeks and change makes you big shit? [Pulls mirror shard out of left eye] Try 29 days. What's more likely? A: I killed your family. B: Killian sold you just the right lie to get a bloodbath season finale. Or C: you're too **** stupid to figure it out? [Picks up gun from floor] Take it from someone who took the deal to be a hunter instead of the hunted. The only time you'll ever see your family again is when they torture them in front of you. [Loads magazine in gun] **** with your head enough to make you wanna kill it all away.
You're full of shit. You're all full of shit.
Truth is...? [Aims gun at Ben and Amelia gasps] ...I'm doing you a favor. [McCone shoots, but misses as the plane tips and the interior loses air pressure]
Automated voice
Cabin pressure compromised. Emergency doors disarmed.
Hey, Killian! You think I need a gun to waste this loser?! [To Ben, who he pulls a knife on] You outran Fate. You can't hide from Destiny! This is my show now! [Ben activates McCone's parachute, pinning him against the wall of the plane. Ben stalks up to him] Do it, tough guy! See if I twitch!
Amelia Williams I'm sorry they did this to you!
I did it to myself.
Amelia Williams It's a sign! I'm not supposed to... [gets sucked out door, to camera ball] Stop **** filming me! Assholes!
[Ben enters cockpit]
Richards lives, ladies and gentlemen! Keep going kid! You've got this! Ben Richards, you are the man! We have command of the jet! Our best trauma surgeons are already on the tarmac, ready to patch you up as good as new. [Holds finger to commmlink] But wait. Making his Free-Vee debut with a special message. The creator of Running Man, super producer, Dan Killian!
[Appears on screen of stage]
Mr. Richards, we here at the network believe you embody the raw strength and salt-of-the-earth moral backbone this country stands for. And we want... No. We need to see more.
Introducing commercial voiceover
[Faked footage of Ben as a Hunter on a motorcyle aiming a gun]
This summer, Ben Richards is... Hunter 6!
Congratulations, Ben. [Holds up and parts both spread hands] And welcome to the network family!
I already got a family. Did you kill them or not, Dan? [Screen blacks out]
Audience member
**** you Dan!
Give it up for Dan Killian! Come on. We're live. How many times do you get to tell two billion people how you really feel? How does it feel to be a hero, Ben?
Nothing I've done on this show makes me a hero. I tried to be a hero once. And they blacklisted my ass. My daughter got sick. This is the only job I could get. Seems like the whole point of Free-Vee is to make us hate each other. So they can keep stealing from us. While we fight in the mud. You want the truth. Turn it off. We are all being **** by the network. Find out who really runs it. Record. Report them. Get their names. You just met one of them. Dan Killian. You remember that face. Don't watch Free-Ve. Watch who pays for it. Turn it off.
[Does slow clap]
Great speech. Too bad I'm the only one who saw it. We've been on an ad break since you said nothing you did on the show made you a hero. You think it was worth it? You think your little rant makes you a martyr? We're going live again in 30. And this time you'll play your part. Because if not, we're gonna run this instead. [Plays faked clip]
I told you I was gonna burn this building down and everyone in it!
That was fast.
Work with me, Richards. Don't throw your life away. Don't make me fly that jet into the network building. They'll blow you out of the sky.
Are they dead or alive, Dan?
Who?
My family.
Who cares? If I told you they were alive, would you even believe me? We are alive in five, four, [Ben holds up three finger in countdown sync] three, two, [Ben displays middle finger] one. [Does a hand sweep] Okay, have it your way.
I told you I was gonna burn this building down and everyone in it! I will see you in hell and laugh in your face!
Ben, are you insane? There's 5,000 innocent people in this building.
Automated voice
Remote pilot engaged.
Look at what you've done. You happy?
I told you I was gonna **** you up.
Yeah.
Automated voice
Warning. Collision alert.
Automated voice
Missile inbound. Missile inbound. [Missile implodes plane]
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