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To make a Universal Pictures Wolf Man movie, you really only need two things: a werewolf and daddy issues. That goes all the way back to The Wolf Man, the 1941 film that introduced the titular lycanthrope to the Universal monsters lineup. Lon Chaney Jr. starred as Larry Talbot, who reconnects with his estranged father (Claude Rains) when he returns home to Wales to bury his brother, the favored child.
When the film was remade as The Wolfman in 2010, Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins took over as Lawrence and Sir John, playing up Lawrence’s role as the prodigal son, driven far from home after being plagued by delusions connected to the death of his mother. In both movies, the younger Talbot is bitten by a werewolf shortly after his return home, with his father — at least initially — protecting him from the townspeople eager to kill the beast.
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