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| “ | They strike, wrap around you. Hold you tighter than your true love. And you get the privilege, of hearing your bones break before the power of embrace causes your veins to explode. | „ |
| ~ Paul Serone on the anacondas. |
Paulerson "Paul" Serone is one of the two main antagonists (alongside the Amazonian Anacondas) of the 1997 action-adventure horror film Anaconda, the first installment in the film series of the same name.
He is a cruel and ruthless snake hunter whose primary goal was to track down a legendary giant anaconda and capture it for a million dollar reward.
He was portrayed by Jon Voight, who also played Jonas Hodges in 24, Mr. Sir in Holes, Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible, Thomas Reynolds in Enemy of the State, Mickey Donovan in Ray Donovan, The Voice in Getaway and Siggy Manheim in Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story.
Biography[]
Prior to the events of the film, Serone was a priest until he decided to hunt snakes to make money. At some point, Serone along with Mateo and the poacher from the opening were working together to catch snakes and selling them on the black market. Later, he went to the Amazon to captured an anaconda to make money, during his hunt, he met the Shirishama tribe, the 'People of the mist'. To carry out his plan, he sent Mateo to lure a crew of people to help him capture his snake.
Meeting the Crew and Revealing Himself[]
While a documentary film crew is searching for a lost civilization in the Amazon, they encounter Serone, stranded and deserted on his boat. He says he started out as a priest, but turned his career to hunting snakes. He offers to help them in their search. However, he is actually taking them on the hunt for a huge and million dollar worth Anaconda.
After they discover his true nature, he produces a firearm and forces them to cooperate with him, taking the boat crew hostage. He winds up killing a person and later attempts to feed several to the Anaconda in a trap. Terri, Danny, Westridge, and Denise decide to mutiny against Serone, Terry attempts to seduce him and claiming she rather filmed him the snake. However, as he and Terry kissed, he spots Danny and is onto them until Wsetridge knock him out. The next day, Serone was tied up, Terry show him the newspaper article of him, Mateo, and the poacher and realized that he set them up from the beginning.
Serone also admits putting the wasp in the scuba gear, Terry punch him in anger and also told him that she can killed a snake too.
Demise[]
In a last ditch attempt to get the million dollar prize, Serone sneaks up and ambushes Danny and Terri, the two main protagonists of the movie and uses them as bait to lure a large anaconda in. He succeeds and the Anaconda is led to them, constricting Danny and Terri in hopes in eating them, but it's attacked by Serone and angrily attempts to escape his net trap, the Anaconda succeeds and decides to go after Serone in a fit of rage. It catches Serone and constricts him, making Serone's plan ultimately backfire and is killed by the anaconda. But just before he dies, he is regurgitated by the Anaconda and mockingly winks at Terri before dying.
Later, Terry, Steve, and Danny accidentally find the Shirishama people and they realized Serone was right.
Personality[]
Serone originally appears as a mysterious stranger, but he is later proven to be an untrustworthy, manipulative and treacherous person as he puts personal gain above human life, which he believes to be expendable. He is hinted to be a dangerous murderer.
Serone also shows to be manipulative as he convinces a crew member, Gary Dixon to film the capture of the giant snake, to the rest of crews dismay. This would ultimately lead to Gary's death by being constricted and eaten by the snake.
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Trivia[]
- Jean Reno was considered for the role of Paul Serone before Jon Voight was cast.
- The character (as well as Jon Voight) are referenced to in the 2025 meta-reboot of Anaconda, in which the events of the previous entries were movies in this universe.
External Links[]
- Paul Serone at Pure Evil Wiki
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