7 characters from Vegas films we’d go to Vegas with
Shawn Norris
Vegas is a fickle place that can be full of good times and not so good times and it all depends on the company you keep in the City of Sin. You want people you can have a good time with drinking and carousing and throwing money away, as well as people you can trust to help you make bail. These are a few characters from Vegas movies that would be fun to hang out with in Vegas for those reasons and more.
7 Cousin Eddie in Vegas Vacation
It’s always good to have a few friends that don’t trust banks, especially when you’ve just lost your life savings at a blackjack table and need a few bucks to “win it all back.” Hell, Cousin Eddie won’t just help you dig up his loose cash, he’ll even accompany you to some of the finest betting parlors on the outskirts of Vegas. I guess everyone needs a trip to down and out Vegas, drinking vodka that tastes a little too similar to rubbing alcohol while gambling fist fulls of cash on “Pick A Number Between 1-10?” and “Coin Toss.” Gives you some perspective…
6 Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
You ever wanted to really get into Vegas? Like, just mainlining degenerate behavior directly into the dark soul of human greed and excess that is Las Vegas? Have you ever wondered what The Strip would look like on a myriad of mind altering chemicals that could quite possibly drive you straight to the crazy house? Do you enjoy burning down the road in a long white Cadillac, just screaming and vomiting gibberish all over horrified onlookers? Have you ever wanted to buy a monkey from a casino but never found a natural way to broach the subject? If you ever wanted to experience Las Vegas in a drug-fueled and depraved way you probably never really wanted to but were somehow compelled to, Raoul Duke would be your acid-eating tour guide.
5 Trent from Swingers
Sometimes you just have to take off to Las Vegas in the dead of night; a high speed race to beautiful babies and self destruction. And that trip always starts with a guy like Trent. A guy that hypes everything up into a frenzy until you have no other choice than accompany him. He’s very forward and condescending, but somehow it’s bearable because he’s so positive about every situation, especially when things look bad. “Double Down!” He gets chicks, he likes to party and he’s a never ending source of positive energy, and you need that sometimes in Vegas. You know you’ll probably end up having a good time, but you’ll probably tire of the routine on the car trip back and want to leave him stranded on the side of the road in Barstow.
4 Nomi Malone from Showgirls
You have to admit that Nomi was hot, she just wasn’t that talented an actress. She was a very, very good dancer though, and while strippers aren’t always the best company, having a crazy bi-curious stripper friend that is friends with a bunch of other strippers seems like it may be a fun way to spend a weekend in Vegas. I mean, you were probably going to a strip club anyway, so why not cut out the middle man?
3 Alan from The Hangover
He just wants to have a good time and show everybody how much fun he is. He’s harmless, except for the fact that he may or may not accidentally date rape drug you into stealing a cop car and one of Mike Tyson’s tigers. Hey, there was a good chance that something like that would have happened anyway, so you can’t fault the man for trying to liven the party up a bit. Plus if you got really drunk in the wee hours of the morning, you could make him sing or win you a duffel bag full of cash at the blackjack table. Before you decide which one to pick:
2 Henry Hill from Goodfellas
The guy was connected and connections mean a lot in a place like Vegas. Anything he wanted was a phone call away. Obviously there are some issues with getting shot and buried in the desert and things like transportation getting blown up, but they have cabs in Vegas, so go out and have a good time. ANYTHING that is just a phone call away comes with consequences, guy.
1 Nick Papageorgio from Vegas Vacation
Sure, his name isn’t really Nick Papageorgio, he’s not really in software development and he’s not from Yuma, but like Jordan in the 90’s, all he does is win. It’s always fun to have someone that has the good luck and the hot hand with you in Vegas, because losing boatloads of cash at the Baccarat tables puts quite a damper on the evening. Five Dollars – Five Cars. I don’t care what backwards math you use, that’s a pretty sound investment. Vipers for everybody!
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