- NOTE: This article is only about his villain role in the film series, not the novel series where he's portrayed as a heroic character. For the novel version of this character, click here.
“ | We're going to make a fortune of this place. | „ |
~ Gennaro after seeing how much money the dinosaurs could gain him. |
“ | Oh, Jesus! | „ |
~ Gennaro running from the tour jeep in an attempt to escape from Rexy, leaving Lex and Tim Murphy to die. |
Donald Gennaro is a supporting antagonist in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. He is one of Hammond's lawyers who is invited on a tour to the eponymous amusement park where he plans to steal all of Hammond's money for his fortune and meets his demise.
He was portrayed by Martin Ferrero.
Biography[]
Gennaro started off as one of the guests who came to Isla Nublar, saying he's going to shut down Hammond if he's not convinced about his theme park. However, when seeing living dinosaurs for the first time and their financial potential, Gennaro believes he can make a fortune out of it. He disregards Alan, Ellie, and Ian's concerns about the safety of the park and Hammond is surprised that Gennaro, the lawyer, is the only one who agrees with him, even though all Gennaro can think about is how much money his clients will make thanks to Hammond.
During the tour of the park, he ends up in the same Explorer as Hammond's grandchildren Tim and Lex, and thus became their guardian, as he was the only adult in the vehicle. He proves uniformly incapable, doing little but reprimanding the children when they misbehave, and when Rexy the Tyrannosaurus escaped from her paddock during a power outage caused by Dennis Nedry, Gennaro, in a blind, unthinking panic, abandoned the children and went hiding in a nearby restroom, where he sits cowering until the dinosaur knocked the structure down and devours him.
Ellie Sattler eventually returns to the scene and finds human remains which she identifies as that of Gennaro.
Following his death, his family sues InGen as revealed in a deleted scene in The Lost World.
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Trivia[]
- The movie Gennaro is much more in line with Ed Regis and the novel John Hammond, and not the original novel version of Gennaro. Unlike the book version, who was ultimately heroic despite his numerous flaws, the film version of Gennaro was just a despicable individual, just like Regis in the novel.
- He is implied to be Catholic, as shown when he said a Hail Mary while hiding in the bathroom.
- He is the first villain in the film series to die at the jaws of a T. rex, followed by Billy Yoder, Peter Ludlow, and Eli Mills.
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