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| “ | It is monstrous, a young boy seeing his mother like that. I would have given my life Lawrence, that you hadn't found us that night. You must believe me when I tell you this Lawrence. You do believe me, don't you? I loved your mother with a passion like the burning of the sun. Her death finished me, I was devastated. But I still prowl the house at night, searching for her. But I'm dead all the same. Look into my eyes Lawrence, you see that I am quite dead. | „ |
| ~ Sir John Talbot to Lawrence. |
| “ | You're heir to my kingdom, Lawrence. You've always been heir to my kingdom! | „ |
| ~ Sir John Talbot to his son before transforming for the last time. |
Sir Johnathan "John" Talbot is the main antagonist of the 2010 remake of the groundbreaking 1941 horror classic The Wolf Man.
He was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins, who also played Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Red Dragon, Ted Crawford in Fracture, Fats in Magic, Robert Ford in Westworld, and Edward Bailey in Red 2.
Personality[]
Unlike his 1941 counterpart, Sir John Talbot is evil, and sadistic. At first glance, he is affable and charismatic, if a bit rude, but ultimately endearing, given the fact that he refuses to let Lawrence be led away by the angry mob shooting at them.
Unlike Lawrence's werewolf, who acts much more like a frightened animal and only really attacks when cornered or provoked, Sir John's werewolf was much more of a straight-up "killer", intentionally hunting down his victims.
John has stated many times that he loves his son, Lawrence very much, which is in question since he is dragged into an asylum accused of being responsible for all the events at Blackmoor, of which John is the culprit. But John does this because he knows that sooner or later Lawrence will turn into a werewolf and escape from the asylum.
John was once an honorable soldier, trying to keep his lycanthropy at bay, repenting for the unintentional murder of his wife and contemplating suicide. But after having murdered his second son, he loses the rest of his humanity and decides to fully embrace the beast, knowing full well what it would entail.
Biography[]
John was a descendant of the wealthy Talbot family, a wealthy family from the town of Blackmoor. According to him, he was a boxing champion in his youth. At some point, John met a beautiful gypsy woman, Solana, with whom he fell in love. John and Solana married and had two sons, Lawrence (the protagonist of the film) and Ben.
Although John has admitted that his second son, Ben, was always his favorite, John promises he never stopped considering Lawrence his heir.
During a hunting expedition, Sir John was led into a cave where he was attacked and infected via bite by a feral boy. He dismissed the bite as a mere wound, but one month after the bite when he returned home, he transformed into a werewolf and murdered his beloved wife Solana in front of his son Lawrence Talbot, and later killed a farmer, Quinn Noddy, and his livestock.
To prevent his son from speaking, Sir John had Lawrence locked away in an asylum where he was tortured physically and mentally. After that, to prevent himself from killing anyone again, he had his servant, Singh, lock him up every night of the full moon. Despite admitting that he had thought about suicide, and often still did, he eventually decided to move on with his life.
Twenty-five years later, he met a young woman, Gwen, with whom he fell in love, but Gwen was in love with his other son, Ben Talbot, who warned his father that they were to be married, and then move away from Blackmoor. Despite being saddened by losing Gwen, John gave his blessing to the marriage.
One night of a full moon, John became drunk and angry over Ben's marriage to Gwen, and when Singh tried to take him to the crypt, John became enraged and lashed out at Singh, whom he rendered unconscious. Unable to lock himself away that night, John transformed into a werewolf and killed Ben, as well as three other men. Transforming again, he dumped his son's body into a ditch to cover his tracks.
Lawrence returns to Blackmoor for his brother's funeral and decides to help investigate Ben's death. He visits a gypsy camp where a lynch mob was accusing the gypsies of being responsible. Sir John, as a werewolf, attacks and bites Lawrence after killing several gypsies and members of the lynch mob alike, leading up to the events when Lawrence went on a bloody rampage one month later.
The next day, Sir John encounters the now human Lawrence and, realizing that Lawrence is now a werewolf, sends him back to the same Asylum as years before. During this time Sir John succumbs to the power of the werewolf, kills Singh and focuses on controlling his power for his own needs. Sir John visits the Asylum revealing he's behind everything and tries to force his son Lawrence into joining him, but Lawrence refuses.
Lawrence would later escape the Asylum and confront his father back in their mansion. Lawrence finds Singh's gun with silver bullets. He attempts to shoot his father, only to learn the powder was taken from the bullets years before and as the full moon arises, they both turn into werewolves and start fighting. At first, Sir John proves to be the powerful of the two monsters, but Lawrence would gain the upper hand by kicking his evil father into the fireplace, where he starts to move around roaring in pain caused by the flames. At that point, Lawrence was able to finally finish off his father by slashing him in the stomach before decapitating him as revenge for cursing him, avenging both his mother and brother along with those who have been killed by Sir John in the process.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Werewolf Physiology: Once a regular human, Sir John Talbot became a werewolf after being bitten by the Feral Boy, receiving the latter's curse. Unlike his son Lawrence, he chose to embrace his inner beast.
- Transformation: Sir John Talbot, like all werewolves, transforms into a wolf-like beast at the light of the full moon. However, unlike his son, Lawrence Talbot, Sir John can transform much more smoothly that his son, without being in so much pain, most likely because he has been a werewolf for much longer and has learnt to embrace his inner beast.
- Superhuman Strength: Sir John was a formidable fighter as a human due to having once been a prize fighter, but combined with his werewolf powers, he was extremely strong, which is demonstrated when he was able to beat Lawrence to a pulp with just his cane, and could easily outmatch him when the two fought in their werewolf forms.
- Superhuman Durability: Sir John was able to withstand any bites and slashes given to him by his werewolf son, Lawrence, and always recovered with ease to fight back.
- Superhuman Mobility: Sir John was extremely fast, both in human form and werewolf form. He is able to go from one place to another without anyone noticing and giving him an advantage over his prey.
- Superhuman Stamina: Sir John always maintained his composure even in werewolf form, which made him the more formidable fighter between him and his son Lawrence, who was more animalistic in behavior.
- Superhuman Senses: Like his son, Lawrence, Sir John possessed acute senses, such as advanced hearing and smell.
- Accelerated Healing Factor: Like anyone who carries the werewolf curse, Sir John Talbot heals faster from injuries that would be considered critical for normal humans. Though, the scars are still visible.
- Claws and Fangs: Sir John possessed fangs and claws that could easily tear apart flesh and leave hardly any remains of his victims.
- Werewolf Venom: Sir John possessed werewolf venom which can be passed on to others should they live through his bite and transform them into a werewolf, as he did with his son, Lawrence.
- Transformation: Sir John Talbot, like all werewolves, transforms into a wolf-like beast at the light of the full moon. However, unlike his son, Lawrence Talbot, Sir John can transform much more smoothly that his son, without being in so much pain, most likely because he has been a werewolf for much longer and has learnt to embrace his inner beast.
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Trivia[]
- Sir John is shown to be an expert hunter who loves to wear various fur coats out of animals he hunted down and his manor is decorated with plenty stuffed trophies.
- In the novelization, he believes that he is at the top of the food chain, and planned to hunt more people all around the world, with Lawrence and Gwen serving as his werewolf pack.
- When Sir John and Lawrence fight in their transformed states, Sir John tears off his shirt while Lawrence retains his clothing beyond what was damaged as he changed. This basically reflects their contrasting attitudes towards their curses, with Sir John revelling in the power of the beast while Lawrence prefers to hold on to enough of his humanity so that he's not quite the indiscriminate monster his father was.
- In the crypt, Sir John is seen blowing out candles while lying to Lawrence about his mother's death and the circumstances surrounding it. Near the end during the fight scene, when all the truth about the death of Lawrence's family (mother and brother) and the cause of all his suffering is released, the entire Manor catches on fire, symbolizing as if all of the lies that Sir John told are now destroying the Talbot family legacy burning it and the visual metaphor is completed when he catches on fire: his twisted lies are 'literally' burning him alive.
- In Andrew Kevin Walker's original script, Sir John is much more human fashion and less over the top.
External Links[]
- Sir John Talbot on the Pure Evil Wiki
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