Some characters survive the story by fighting through it, and others survive because the director takes a U-turn on their deaths.Why, you ask? There are a plethora of reasons. Maybe the character begins to feel more important toward the end, or the preview screenings didn’t strike a chord with the audience, and whatnot. But we are always glad to see those characters live on, and some of them even become the most beloved.Such survivors in movies remind us that major plot changes can happen at any point in making a movie, and for all the good reasons.Now, let’s look at some characters who were supposed to die, but didn’t.9 Most Characters Who Survived the Story and Shouldn't Have1. Ian Malcolm - Jurassic Park (1993) Jeff Goldblum’s charisma mixed with Ian Malcolm so well in Jurassic Park that the character’s fate had to be changed, who was to die in the original novel. Moreover, by that time, Steven Spielberg had already killed enough characters in his movies to know which ones to keep alive for the audience’s pleasure.So, when the time came, Ian Malcolm survived a T. rex attack and made it to the history books as one of the best supporting characters. The leather jacket jokester was so popular among fans at the time that he was revived in the sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).2. Will Rodman - Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Originally, director Rupert Wyatt had shot the scene of Will Rodman (James...
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