Hester Shaw <br />Hester Natsworthy
| Hester Shaw Hester Natsworthy | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Mortal Engines |
| Last appearance | A Darkling Plain |
| Created by | Philip Reeve |
| Portrayed by | Hera Hilmar[1] (adult) Poppy Macleod (child) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | David Shaw (father) Pandora Shaw (mother) |
| Significant other | Falls in love with Tom Natsworthy |
| Nationality | From Oak Island |
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Hester Shaw, later known as Hester Natsworthy, is the lead heroine of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet trilogy.
Background and life[edit]
Hester Shaw, aged around fifteen at the beginning of the Quartet, is the daughter of Thaddeus Valentine and Pandora Shaw. She was raised by Shrike.
Hester is portrayed as having cooper hair and gray eyes. She has a scar which cut her face from forehead to jaw, a wrenched mouth, a stump nose, and a single eye.
The character's surname comes from Shaugh Prior.[2]
Role[edit]
In the first novel of the Mortal Engines Quartet (known in US as The Hungry City Chronicles), Mortal Engines, her botched assassination attempt on Thaddeus Valentine led to Tom Natsworthy and set off a chain of events that would change a course of history.
In other media[edit]
In the Mortal Engines student short film made in 2009, Alyssa Burnett plays Hester. One of her photos are mistakenly identified as a cosplay.[3][4][5]
There is a 28mm figure based on Hester Shaw.[6]
In Mortal Engines, the film adaptation of the first book, Hester is portrayed by twenty-eight-year-old Icelandic actress Hera Hilmar as an adult, while the young Hester is played by New Zealand child actress Poppy Macleod.[1] Her scar is heavily toned down, and she is aged to her twenties.[7] Hilmar described her character as challenging.[8] Despite the actress wore the scar proudly, Christian Rivers, the director of the film, addresses the fan criticism over Hester's scar, elaborating that audiences would be "put off the film" if it were more true to the books. Sadly, her character development was absent.[9][10][11][12][13] Other changes include: she lost her mother when she was eight and she fought Valentine aboard his airship.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jr, Mike Fleming (February 7, 2017). "Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines' Sets Hera Hilmar As Female Lead". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved June 12, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Philip Reeve discusses the influences on the Mortal Engines books". July 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ↑ https://www.philip-reeve.com/its-alive/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100311040629/http://www.starnow.co.uk/alyssaburnett/photos/1527128/
- ↑ https://crow-caller.tumblr.com/post/62615699324/i-was-curious-and-i-actually-found-a-hester-shaw
- ↑ https://www.philip-reeve.com/wargaming-traction-era/
- ↑ Leadbeater, Alex (June 5, 2018). "The 7 Biggest Changes Mortal Engines Makes To The Book". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ Christina Radish (December 13, 2018). "Hera Hilmar on 'Mortal Engines' and the Challenge of Bringing Hester Shaw to Life". Collider.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ↑ Philip Reeve (2018-06-06). "Mortal Engines: Trailer 2". Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ↑ Truitt, Brian (December 10, 2018). "'Mortal Engines' star Hera Hilmar wears her heroine's controversial scar proudly". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ Romano, Nick (October 11, 2018). "Peter Jackson, Mortal Engines director discuss fan pushback over Hester's scar". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ Schaefer, Sandy (December 14, 2018). "Mortal Engines Review: Peter Jackson's Mad Max is Surprisingly Bland". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ↑ Truitt, Brian (December 5, 2018). "Review: Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines' dazzles with spectacle, falls flat with character". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
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