Played by the late Richard Attenborough, John Hammond is perhaps the single most important character in the entire Jurassic Park/World franchise, as he was of course the creator of the original park. In Michael Crichton’s original novel, Hammond does not survive the events of the story, but Steven Spielberg’s film kept him alive to later appear in its sequel.
But the original plan for the film, like the novel, was for Hammond to be killed off; in the novel, he’s attacked and killed by a pack of Compys, and the film almost went that same route. Several other ideas were brought up, and at one point, the plan was for Hammond to be killed by a Velociraptor in the final act. This week, Jurassic Time has unearthed a storyboard depicting that cruel fate, part of a collection of storyboards the page’s owner had recently acquired.
Jurassic Time explains, “Hammond is in [the Visitor’s Center control room] alone, raptor breaks in and slams him on the model of his park, while also breaking an incubator of eggs that was part of an earlier version of the script. An earlier version that will someday be explored on this page, but not today. There is still a lot more to come on Jurassic Time.”
You can check out the storyboard below and be sure to follow Jurassic Time for more.
