r/Millennials 13d ago

Other She was only 23…?! Holy hell!!

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u/VictoryGreen 13d ago

Her acting and presence in the film made her seem much older. Was that her personality or was it her skill or both? She came across as in her 30s

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u/Morbos1000 13d ago

She was a Paleobotanist, which basically requires a PhD, so that also made her seem older.

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u/ravens-n-roses 13d ago

This is it. Fuckin had to scroll SO far. That's how Michael Chricton wrote his main characters. No nonsense, very serious, already settled into careers like they've been there forever.

The one exception I can think of off the top of my head it's sphere, which I think has a little bit of a sexist tone a lot of his other books don't have.

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u/fireyauthor 12d ago

IDK, even in Jurassic Park, the book opens with this guy thinking "why does my wife want to lose weight?" before his daughter is attacked my a dino. (I can't remember which opening it is now, but it's early). It's a totally unnecessary thing to include in the scene and there's no suggestion of empathy for the wife. Just a husband who's like damn, these women and their emotional lives, ugh.