The school's vice-principal (Richard Roundtree) menaces the hero like a cop grilling a smart-alecky gumshoe, and the distant sounds of cheer-leaders are heard as Brendan is pursued through the schoolyard by a knife-wielding goon.
Ms. Roundtree, who works with teens in a school program, says she has lost several pounds, exercises regularly and follows a careful diet plan since getting her diagnosis.