Billie Bird as Irene
Irene, as well as her husband Ed (we’ll talk about him in a moment), doesn’t appear on-screen for very long. She’s only in the movie for less than a minute, but she’s somehow become somewhat of a fan favorite. It’s weird how that happens sometimes, huh?
Anyway, she and her husband meet a desperate Kate who’s willing to hand over two first-class tickets from France to Dallas, along with many valuables, including a pocket translator and earrings, if they swap plane tickets. Air travel was a lot more flexible back in 1990, and apparently, you could just swap flight tickets with whoever you wanted.