JURASSIC WORLD: Here's Why Jake Johnson's Character Was Removed From FALLEN KINGDOM

JURASSIC WORLD: Here's Why Jake Johnson's Character Was Removed From FALLEN KINGDOM

Serving as comedic relief in the 2015 reboot, audiences seemed to respond well to Jake Johnson's Lowery. Check out what role he would have played in the sequel before being scrapped altogether . . .

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By Dragonsfoe - Jul 07, 2018 09:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Jurassic Park
Source: Empire

Regardless of what you thought of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, one can agree that it was very ambitious in its themes, tackling ideas that have not been touched in the dino-filled franchise so far. It is also undeniable that the sequel was much darker than its predecessor, and arguably is the most tonally mature in the franchise.


Jurassic World, which was released in 2015, provided much more comedic relief than its sequel. This primaily came through the character of Lowery, portrayed by New Girl's Jake Johnson. According to Fallen Kingdom writer Colin Trevorrow, Lowery was part of the film's development early on, but opted to introduce the character of Franklin instead.
 

Lowery was Franklin’s character because he potentially could have done that job…But he didn’t quite have the same spirit. We did like the idea of [Zia and Franklin] being pretty idealistic young people who are activists who really believe in the cause that Claire believes in. I wasn’t really able to shoehorn [Lowery] into that, he’s kind of a cynical guy.

 

Would you like to see the character in a future installment?


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NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/7/2018, 10:20 PM
I did wonder where he was, he was helpful in the 1st one plus having that mini toy of a dino in his desk where he worked.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 7/7/2018, 10:30 PM
Maybe in the third movie the character that Daniella Pineda played could be the girlfriend to Jake Johnson's character. Jake was great in the last movie and getting to see him interacting with Daniella could be fun, because they both were big dinosaur fans.
elcaballerooscuro92
elcaballerooscuro92 - 7/8/2018, 8:17 AM
@BlackIceJoe - zia is a lesbian. i mean the scene was removed but she is supposed to be lesbian.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 7/8/2018, 9:38 AM
@elcaballerooscuro92 - I did not know that, but because it wasn't in the movie things can change, so that idea is still possible.
elcaballerooscuro92
elcaballerooscuro92 - 7/8/2018, 1:34 PM
@BlackIceJoe - it could. im fine either way.
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 7/7/2018, 10:36 PM
Just to make sure I read this right, they removed the established character and replaced him with ones that wouldn't cause plot friction?

Cause if that's the case, that's just bad writing.
Vigor
Vigor - 7/8/2018, 12:43 AM
@LiteraryJoe - counterpoint: I think it would have been bad writing to try to shoehorn him in
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 7/8/2018, 6:23 AM
@Vigor - Touche!
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/8/2018, 1:29 PM
@ExpertlyMediocr -
He did not need to return to the island and could have appeared instead of Jeff Goldlum or opposing him to basically say that he was glad we brought back Dinosaurs, but the risks and consistent containment breaches along with genetic modification risks a global annihilation.

The character is effectively a Jurassic Park fan and would have extensive knowledge of the prior dinosaur outbreaks and the damage caused. Originally he would have marvelled at the idea/spectacle of Dinosaurs but now he's realised that humanity will repeat the same mistakes and that the Dinosaurs are too dangeorus. Examples could be mentioned from when Dinosaurs have escaped in the other films, helping to bring the series together.

SPOILERS
One of the main issues with Fallen Kingdom is a lack of cynicism and logical thinking when it comes to the idea of Dinosaurs running wild - a young girl has essentially doomed all of humanity by freeing Dinosaurs and enabling mass genetic modification of Dinosaurs along with militarisation. She's effectively caused the apocalypse and yet nobody really seems to take it seriously despite the chaos.

Only real way i can see of making the next film would be to have it be a rather horrific warning on the dangers of cloning extinct Dinosaurs and genetic modification. Anything else would feel cheapened.
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 7/7/2018, 11:20 PM
Good God is the point of these Jurassic World films is just how bad the writing is?
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 7/8/2018, 12:43 AM
@JoshWilding
@RorMachine

Ryan Fleck confirms filming on Captain Marvel is complete.

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/captain-marvel/news/a861138/captain-marvel-director-ryan-fleck-confirms-filming-wrapped/
Vigor
Vigor - 7/8/2018, 12:46 AM
@MUTO123 - that felt quick. Post prod will probably take much longer
Kyos
Kyos - 7/8/2018, 4:14 AM
He was my favourite (surviving) JW character. And by "favourite character" I mean "character I cared about at all".
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 7/8/2018, 5:19 AM
He was my favorite part of the first, It's one of the reasons I didn't feel inclined to see this one.
xfan320
xfan320 - 7/8/2018, 7:00 AM
Yep, terrrrrible writing on that one.

"Hey let's take this character that we already have (that people liked and had every reason to stay around and help Claire) and split him into two completely new characters that are just kinda there and annoying"

"Great idea!"

And I get how big of a deal China and the International box office is these days, but it really is getting sad when the filmmakers straight up ADMIT to removing characters from their movie, to have them replaced by foreign actors, or young actors, etc.

I love diversity in film and life, but don't tell people you HAD TO remove a previous character (again, one people already enjoyed) and replace them with TWO placeholders to grab ticket sales. He could just as easily been another member of the group or played the part that Franklin portrayed.

Bad Hollywood, BAD. Lazy writing and poor franchise management. You're better than this.

Having said all that, Zia was not a terrible character, just a little too much going on for her to be so new to the movies. Previous actors coming back to try and save them would have made sense. Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Harding. Either one of these women would feel the need to save these ANIMALS and would support Claire's cause. Zia could just as easily have been an activist teen/young adult in the group OR THE world-class Dino Surgeon. It's hard to believe she's BOTH

BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 7/8/2018, 4:20 PM
He was the only character I liked in JW. He seem kinda meta to me.
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