What was the deal with Dotzler?
In Taken 3, inspector Dotzler both constantly plays around with either a rubber band or a white knight (chess piece). I never really quite understood the significance of either one of these, but they seemed important because they both showed up several times.
Why were they signifigant to Dotzler's character?
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From an interview with Forest Whitaker who portrayed Dotzler in the film (apologies if I got some words wrong):
Interviewer: He's a great character, he's got a lot of fun quirks to him. Was the rubber band and the chess piece thing in the script all along, or did you come up with that?
Whitaker: No, [me and the director] were trying to find something that... the rubber band would be like [wrapping up] the cases and stuff. Chess piece was more about the special skills that [Mills] has and trying to figure out how to do a strategy that would be strong enough to catch him. So I was always playing with it, that was just a way of thinking.
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You can find a black knight as part of the crest for 505th Military Intelligence Brigade and the 650th Military Intelligence Group. The white knight is on the logo for U.S. Army Psychological Operations. Just something to consider.
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