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| “ | I must confess, I envy my brother. The days he had with you, what joy he must have felt. I would have given anything I own to have known you in another life. I must get back to Talbot Hall and end this. | „ |
| ~ Lawrence Talbot to Gwen Conliffe. |
Lawrence Talbot, also known as the Wolfman, is the titular main protagonist of The Wolfman, the 2010 remake of the 1941 film of the same name.
He was portrayed by Benicio del Toro, who also played Jack Rafferty in Sin City, DJ in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Collector in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Dario in License To Kill. As a child, he was portrayed by Mario Marin-Borquez.
Personality[]
As a human, Lawrence is a melancholic individual, haunted by the death of his mother in his childhood. Being close to his brother, Ben, Lawrence is driven to seek out the cause of his death. He has a strained relationship with his father, Sir John, and eventually becomes driven to kill him in revenge for cursing him and killing Ben and Solana. During his time in Blackmoor, Lawrence also develops feelings for Gwen, with are so strong he can briefly recognize her within the Wolfman.
As the Wolfman, Lawrence appears to have some measure of control over his murderous instincts even when fully transformed. When he transforms in the asylum, for instance, he instantly goes to attack Dr. Hoenneger, who had been torturing him extensively, unceremoniously and harmlessly shoving aside the other doctors who get in his way and only attacking the orderly after said orderly stabs him in the back with a syringe. He can also calm down enough to stand quietly with humans right in front of him: once with Gwen, and once in a deleted scene where he is content to simply listen to a blind woman's singing.
In the novelization, the Wolfman attacks almost every human in his five senses, although without the evil level from his father.
Biography[]
Lawrence Talbot is a Shakespearean actor who has lived in America following his mother Solana's apparent suicide. During a performance of Hamlet, Lawrence meets Gwen Conliffe, the fiancée of his brother Ben. She explains that Ben has disappeared and requests Lawrence's aid. Lawrence returns to his ancestral home of Blackmoor, where he reunites with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot. He learns that Ben's body has been viciously mauled, and decides to investigate. Visiting the Romani at the full moon, Lawrence is attacked and bitten by a werewolf.
After an unnaturally fast recovery, Lawrence transforms into the Wolfman and goes on a rampage on Blackmoor. The next day, he is apprehended by Inspector Francis Aberline and taken to the asylum he was incarcerated as a child. During Lawrence's stay, Sir John visits and reveals he is the werewolf who bit Lawrence and killed Ben and Solana among the recent murders.
Lawrence is taken to a case study overseen by Dr. Hoenneger. He tries to warn the spectators of the danger they are in, but they shrug it off. When the full moon arrives, he transforms into the Wolfman, brutally murders Dr. Hoenneger, and rampages through London. The next day, Lawrence decides to return to Blackmoor to settle things once and for all. Gwen follows him in an attempt to save him, as does Aberline to fight him.
A month later, Lawrence returns to Talbot Hall and attempts to shoot Sir John using his Sikh servant Singh's silver bullets, but Sir John explains that he had removed the powder years ago. The Talbots transform into werewolves as they battle and set fire to Talbot Hall, with the Wolfman decapitating Sir John. Aberline arrives and attempts to shoot the Wolfman, but Gwen disrupts the shot and flees. The Wolfman confronts and bites Aberline before chasing Gwen, cornering her at a gorge. She pleads with Lawrence, who recognizes her. As hunters arrive, she is forced to shoot the Wolfman with a silver bullet, and Lawrence reverts back to his human form before dying from his wound in her arms. However, Gwen soon discovers that Lawrence has bitten Aberline, and both soon realize Aberline's inevitable fate as a werewolf.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Werewolf Physiology: As a werewolf, Lawrence is a strong, fast and hairy creature with sharp claws and fangs, brutal and agressive, but also with a curious nature, unlike his father, who has embraced his curse, Lawrence fights to remain attached to his humanity.
- Transformation: After he got bitten by a werewolf, at the sight of a Full Moon, Lawrence undergoes a painfull transformation to become a werewolf himself.
- Superhuman Strength: As the Wolfman, Lawrence is strong enough to tear off a person's head with one swipe and punch through a man's chest.
- Superhuman Durability: As the Wolfman, Lawrence can survive multiple golden bullet gunshots which would usually lead to death or critical condition for a normal person.
- Superhuman Mobility: Lawrence is able to dodge multiple revolvers being fired directly to him.
- Superhuman Stamina: As the Wolfman, he doesn't get tired easily, he can run at incredible speeds, even when after fighting his father, he had enough energy to pursue Gwen.
- Superhuman Senses: As the Wolfman, Lawrence other senses, like smell and hearing gotten much ehanced, he was able to listen horses galloping a mile away and used his sense of smell to locate Gwen.
- Accelerated Healing Factor: After being scratched and bitten by another Wolfman, Lawrence's wounds healed at a faster pace shortly after than normal people, although the scars are still visible.
- Claws and Fangs: As the Wolfman, Lawrence claws are so sharp, they can easily rip apart through the flesh of his victims and he managed to leave scratches on his father, when the two fought. His fangs are equaly vicious, ripping the guts out off a asylum warden that tortured him and gnawing on detective Aberline, leaving him rather weak.
- Werewolf Venom: Lawrence can produce werewolf venom and infect others using his fangs or claws.
- Transformation: After he got bitten by a werewolf, at the sight of a Full Moon, Lawrence undergoes a painfull transformation to become a werewolf himself.
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Trivia[]
- As the Wolfman, Lawrence is far more formidable than he was in the original 1941 film, killing about ten times the number of people the original Wolfman did.
- In the novelization, Lawrence begs his dead mother to help him during his first transformation, in pain and scared out of his mind. Eventually, he just takes to screaming her name, but all that comes out is an animal roar.
- 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.
- Some might not understand what Talbot is saying at the end. His last words before thanking Gwen were, "It had to be this way."
- In the original script by Andrew Kevin Walker, Lawrence didn't do his first transformation until the London Scenes and the script ended with him taking his own life by jumping off the cliff so he doesn't killed Gwen.
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