Carrie's Last Name... Revealed?

We know the last names of every main character in *Smokey and the Bandit - *except Carrie. Her surname doesn't appear in the film credits, the Final Draft screenplay, or even in Smokey and the Bandit II.

But there's a hidden gem if you dig a little deeper.

In the Early Draft Screenplay, dated **July 30, 1976 - **a full month before filming began - several character names are different:

**Early Draft ---> Final Draft **

Bandit LaRue ---> Bandit - Bo Darville

Cledus Snow ---> Snowman - Cledus Snow

Sheriff Buell Clayton ---> Sheriff Buford T Justice

Kyle and Dickie ---> Big and Little Enos Burdett

And in Scene 48, we meet *Kate - *the character we now know as Carrie. And guess what? The draft gives us her full name: Kate McConnell.

If you ever get the chance to read this early draft, I highly recommend it. It even includes a completely different (and unexpected) ending. No spoilers here - but here's a teaser: Junior doesn't exist in this version, and if there's no groom... what exactly drives the Sheriff to chase the Bandit all the way back to Atlanta?