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Revision as of 04:20, 5 May 2013
Rigel is a Vampire warrior known as a Death Dealer who appears in the original Underworld film. He is played by Hungarian actor Sandor Bolla.
Background
While very little is known about his past, nor his motivation for becoming a Vampire, the novelization describes Rigel as a diligent Death Dealer, ready with a digital camera, quickly taking surveillance shots of the Vampires' Lycan quarries.
Underworld
Rigel is initially seen sitting atop a building, photographing two Lycans whom he intends to hunt and kill. After collecting the necessary amount of research, Rigel jumps several stories down, where he follows the Lycans into a subway station. He is accompanied by Selene and Nathaniel, two fellow Death Dealers. When Rigel steps out into the open, one of the Lycans, Raze, senses his presence and opens fire on him. Raze's fellow Lycan, Trix, is able to shoot and kill Rigel with the Lycans' newly aquired Ultraviolet ammunition, which releases irradiated fluid into Rigel's bloodstream, burning him alive from the inside out.
Trivia
- The name "Rigel" is of Arabic origin, from either: "Rijl Jauzah al Yusrā", meaning "Left Leg of the Jauzah", or "Riǧl al-ǧabbār (رجل الجبار), meaning "The Foot of the Great One", (a Giant or a Conqueror). The name "Rigel" (also known as "Beta Orionis") is best known as the brightest star in the constellation of Orion, (Orion's left leg), and is the sixth brightest star in the night sky.
- Rigel's actor is a Hungarian man who spoke no English at all at the time of filming.
- According to the novelization, Rigel has turquoise colored eyes. However, the film shows him with blue eyes.
- The novelization describes Rigel as having 'refined Slavic features which lent him an (entirely unintentional), resemblance to a young Bela Lugosi, back when the legendary movie Dracula was still a matinee idol on the Hungarian stage'.
Gallery
