Posted by CABJBLK at spider-tk022.proxy.aol.com on August 15, 2000 at 17:11:08:
In Reply to: Re: How did Kevin Smith come up with the characters... posted by Not the Guy From Clerks on August 15, 2000 at 17:04:14:
I can't speak for Kev, but I doubt that he created Silent Bob simply as a "walk-on" for Jay to talk shit to.
However, there WAS a walk-on Kev did that was cut from the final film. After the cut, alternate ending featuring Dante being robbed and killed, the credits role and after they've finished the scene comes back up on front desk of the store (where Dante's bloody corpse is most likely laying) and a pony-tailed, jersey-laden, glasses-wearing slacker (Kev, NOT as Silent Bob) walks in, looks around, does a "five-finger discount" and runs out.
But ofcourse we already knew that...