Captain Hook (2003)

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Captain Hook
Biographical information
Alias	Hook
Home	The Jolly Roger, Neverland
Occupation	Pirate Captain
Alignment	Bad
Status	Deceased
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Relationships
Friends	Mr. Smee
Enemies	Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, The Lost Boys, The Indians, Tinker Bell
Background information
Appearance	Peter Pan (2003 film)
Portrayed by	Jason Isaacs

"He has found himself a... Wendy. And Hook is all alone."
Captain Hook, Peter Pan, 2003

The 2003 Universal film adaption's version of Captain Hook is much closer to the book than most other adaptions. Hook is ruthless and cunning; it's not any specific scene exactly, but the whole sequence where Wendy is captured by Hook and his pirates hints at how dark and twisted the man is.

Personality

This interpretation of Hook is just as cruel as his novel counterpart; but; with a much more seductive and manipulating side, neaarly convincing Wendy to leave the lost boys to become a pirate.

Hook is very violent, shooting members of his own crew for various screw-ups.

But Hook is a more tragic character than most other interpretations, envying that; Peter has found Wendy while he is alone and trying to; make Wendy one of his own pirates so that; Peter will no longer have her.

Hook is directly paralleled; with Peter himself - he is pretty much an old and embittered version of Peter.

Certainly, his pirates are parallel to the Lost Boys and Wendy's role as "mother" to the Lost Boys is repeated; with the pirates, so the scenes he has; with Wendy hint at a possible dark relationship. The relationship between Wendy and Hook is uncomfortable for adult viewers in this adaptation since Hook's usurping of Pan's role extends to having Wendy as a partner in crime - but this is only because they perceive the sexuality underlying the relationship between Peter and Wendy.

In Hook's second scene; with Wendy on board the Jolly Roger; when he has her lashed to the mast and is basically trying to terrify information out of her Hook is no longer treating her as an adult treats a child, they seemed almost like equals, and that let viewers believe that he might go too far.

Physical appearance

True to the book, he has long, curled black hair, a simple mustache, and a hook on his right hand. However, he also sports a goatee, and has a large device to strap the hook on that goes over his shoulder to displace the weight.

Also true to the book, his eyes light up red when he is about to plunge his hook into someone.

Gallery

With Mr. Smee.

Behind the scenes

• Isaacs mentioned that; when reading the book for the film, he had realized that; he had not actually read it.