10 Black Characters That Refused To Die First

3. 28 Days Later - Selena (played by Naomie Harris)

In 2002, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland reinvigorated the zombie genre with their hyper realistic and uber-violent 28 Days Later. In the film, Jim, a mild mannered bike messenger awakes from an accident to find the British population decimated by the manufactured €œRage€ virus. Confused and wandering the empty streets of London, Jim is confronted with blood thirsty maniacs at every turn until he is saved by Selena and Mark.

Throughout the film Selena demonstrates her survival instinct, sometimes with shocking brutality. But it's her resourcefulness and willingness to act at the drop of hat that ensures she makes it to the final reel.

 
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Ryan Lynch is a freelance journalist from the United States. He currently lives in Adelaide, Australia and writes for Adelaide-based music magazine Rip It Up. He wishes he could live like Hank Moody, but he watches too much TV and plays too many videogames to be that nonchalant.