10 Leading Film Characters That Didn’t Really Go Anywhere

10. Donald Gennaro - Jurassic Park (1993)

Martin Ferrero’s “blood-sucking lawyer” Donald Gennaro is not the most beloved character in Jurassic Park, which is annoying, given that he is surrounded by well-remembered characters, some of whom will be returning in Jurassic World: Dominion (2021).

He is on Isla Nublar to determine the park’s viability for John Hammond's (Sir Richard Attenborough's) company, InGen and its shareholders. He is almost immediately overcome by his doubts surrounding the park and is blinded by the profits to be made from it. However, his awe soon turns to panic when the T-Rex escapes.

Leaving Hammond’s grandchildren, Lex (Ariana Richards) and Tim Murphy (Joseph Mazzello), Gennaro hides in a nearby toilet, only to be snatched up by the T-Rex and tossed aside like a dog’s chew toy.

Whilst Gennaro initially seems to represent the opposition within Hammond’s own company to his high-risk ventures, he soon loses his purpose once he is swept up in Hammond's dream, leaving Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) as the main voice of reason in the film, becoming little more than a cardboard cut-out of a stereotype as the greedy, weak-willed impression of a lawyer.

All that he does after that is to purely demonstrate that, in a land populated by resurrected carnivorous beasts, humans are on the menu too!