[REPORTERS]
Where'd you come from?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
Mississippi
[REPORTERS]
And your parents?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
Very wealthy.
[REPORTERS]
Where are they now?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
Six feet under.
[BILLY]
But she was granted one more start
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
[REPORTERS]
When'd you get here?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
1920
[REPORTERS]
How old were you?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
Don't remember
[REPORTERS]
Then what happened?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day
[MARY SUNSHINE (spoken)]
Oh you poor dear I cant beleive what you have been through A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
Now tell us roxie...
[MARY SUNSHINE]
Who's Fred Casely?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
My ex-boyfriend.
[REPORTERS]
Why'd you shoot him?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
I was leavin'.
[REPORTERS]
Was he angry?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
Like a madman
Still I said, "Fred, move along."
[BILLY]
She knew that she was doing wrong.
[REPORTERS]
Then describe it.
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
He came toward me.
[REPORTERS]
With the pistol?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
From my bureau.
[REPORTERS]
Did you fight him?
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
Like a tiger.
[BILLY]
He had strength and she had none.
[BILLY (as Roxie)]
And yet we both reached for the gun
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes we both
Oh yes, we both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
For the gun.
[REPORTERS]
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun,