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| “ | We've created the next chapter in natural selection. Project: Rampage works. | „ |
| ~ Claire Wyden |
| “ | Claire: GET AWAY FROM ME! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!! Wha-? Kate: Feeding the monster to the gorilla! Claire: AH! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! OH, SHIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT!!!! |
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| ~ Claire and Kate right before the former's death, as well as her last words. |
Claire Wyden is the main antagonist of the 2018 sci-fi monster action film Rampage, based on the video game franchise of the same name. She is the sadistic and ruthless CEO of Energyne and the older sister of Brett Wyden who is responsible for the mutation of George, Ralph and Lizzie with the mutagenic serum for Project: Rampage.
She was portrayed by Malin Åkerman, who also portrayed Lila Cantrow in The Heartbreak Kid.
Biography[]
Origins[]
Not much is known about Claire beyond the fact that she was the head of Energyne, a corporation specializing in genetic editing that illegally experiments on other animals for their own profit. At some point, Dr. Kate Caldwell was met with a job opportunity to aid Wyden in what she terms Project: Rampage which she accepts as she was trying to save her brother who was terminally ill. However, just as Kate was nearly reaching the end of her research, Claire sets her up to be arrested, leading to the death of her brother.
Rampage[]
At the beginning of the film, a woman attempts to avoid a rat that had been mutated by the pathogen, becoming aggressive and bloodthirsty. However, only three of the canisters containing the pathogen are released onto the Earth after the woman's escape pod explodes. One of the canisters lands into the gorilla habitat, which leads to George, a rare albino gorilla, accidentally becoming infected by the pathogen, which causes him to grow rapidly as well as to become extremely vicious and dangerous. The remaining two canisters infect two other animals, a crocodile nicknamed Lizzie and a wolf nicknamed Ralph, causing them to become gargantuan hybrids.
Davis, a primatologist and the leader of an anti-poaching unit, is contacted by Kate who tells him that she could find a way to cure George. However, they are both captured by a government team lead by Agent Russell. When Claire is informed about Kate, in fear of her schemes being ruined, she devices a plan where the giant animals are lured to the city by a massive transmitter that generates certain sound frequencies so that they could be dissected, so Kate would die on the plane George is on.
However, this could end up leveling the city, killing dozens of citizens in the process, but Claire expresses no concern over this. George awakens from his sedative-induced sleep and causes the plane to crash to the ground. However due to his quick thinking, Davis saves himself, Kate, and Russell from getting killed, and George himself also survives, having sustained a few minor wounds.
Kate informs Davis of an antidote for the pathogen which while it wouldn't revert the animals back to their default sizes, it would neutralize their aggression. As they were trying to find the antidote in Energyne, they are confronted by Claire and her brother Brett. Claire forces the two to give them the antidote, shooting Davis into submission. However, Davis was still alive and George destroyed Claire's escape helicopter.
Just as Davis and Kate try to find a way to get the antidote into George, they are confronted by Claire again who is angrily desperate to stay alive as she demands both Davis and Kate to get George's attention or she can kill both of them. Davis goes but he calls out George and with Claire briefly distracted, Kate manages to attack her and slips the cure into Claire's handbag and furiously punches her in the face towards the direction of George. George picks up Claire and drops her into his mouth, as she screams in horror, swallowing her and the antidote whole, leading to her death before destroying the transmitter. Meanwhile, Claire's brother attempts to flee, only to be immediately killed by the falling debris, but not before he encounters Agent Russell, who urges him to hand over a laptop as evidence incriminating Claire.
Personality[]
Claire is a ruthless, greedy, selfish, heartless, arrogant, egotistical, sadistic, black-hearted, manipulative, cunning, cruel and calculating businesswoman with an extreme sense of greed and arrogance. As the CEO of the genetics company Energyne, she is driven purely by profit and a complete disregard for human or animal life. Claire exhibits no empathy or remorse for her actions, including causing mass death and destruction while she views others, even her younger brother Brett, as expendable pawns to achieve her goals. She is a psychopathic and strategic person who is willing to commit mass murder, theft, and kidnapping and even exploits people's vulnerabilities, such as using Dr. Kate Caldwell's research and her desire to save her sick brother for personal gain.
Claire is overconfident in her ability to control the situation and the mutated animals, which ultimately leads to her well-deserved demise. She is dismissive of potential consequences and underestimates the power of the monsters she created. Her primary motivation is wealth and profit through the creation and sale of biological weapons. She even frequently tries to frame others for her crimes and manipulates situations to protect herself, such as attempting to shift the blame onto Kate when federal agents arrive. She engages in illegal and highly unethical genetic experimentation, creating a dangerous pathogen that mutates animals into giant, mutated, aggressive monsters.
She leverages her position as CEO to cover up her crimes, order hits on those who oppose her (including Davis Okoye and Kate), and use her resources for illicit activities. She also shows little to no genuine care for anyone, including Brett, whom she leaves to die, or her employees. When things do not go her way, she resorts to violence, such as shooting Davis in in cold blood to force cooperation. Eventually, in the film's climax, her only concern is escaping the destruction she caused, even if it means using Davis and Kate as distractions for the animals.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Malin Åkerman and Jeffrey Dean Morgan also both co-starred in Watchmen as Silk Spectre and the Comedian.
- Claire was wearing a low-cut, red dress by the time she was eaten by George, which is a nod to the original Rampage video game. In the game, a voluptuous woman in a red dress periodically appeared in a building window, which you could choose to either save or devour for extra points.
External Links[]
- Claire Wyden on the Pure Evil Wiki