Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book
Matt Hooper from “Jaws”
Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”
John Hammond from “Jurassic Park”
Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless”
In the book, Eddie has run out the miracle drug and is very likely going to die in a Vermont motel. At the end of the movie, he’s a big success, running for the U.S. Senate and probably bound for the White House.
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book
Matt Hooper from “Jaws”
Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries”
John Hammond from “Jurassic Park”
Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless”
John Rambo from First Blood
Dies at the end of one of the most poignant books ever about the human cost of war, and one so short as to barely qualify as a novel. Lives long enough to still be standing at the end of a four-film series that is probably the most varied of all time in terms of quality.