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| − | As portrayed by actress [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Bella_Heathcote <u>Bella Heathcote</u>]<span style="line-height: 20px;"> </span> in [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Tim_Burton <u>Tim Burton</u>]'s [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(2012) <u>2012 film adaptation</u>] of ''[http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(1966) <u>Dark Shadows</u>]'', no firm details are given of the early life of Josette DuPres. Her only appearances in the film as a living human being are in the opening sequences set around the year 1776. She is first seen as a young woman on a sunlit terrace at [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Collinwood_(2012) <u>Collinwood</u>], embracing and exchanging promises of love with the Collins heir [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Barnabas_Collins_(2012) <u>Barnabas Collins</u>]. In so doing, she and Barnabas arouse the ire of her would-be rival, the servant-witch [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Angelique_Bouchard_(2012) <u>Angelique Bouchard</u>], with whom Barnabas has had a physical dalliance. Josette is next shown as a victim of Angelique's trance, spellbound to end her own life by taking a backward step off the precipice of [[Widows' Hill (2012)|Widows' Hill]] , plummeting into the crashing Atlantic waves far below. |
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| + | |Portrayed by = [[Bella Heathcote]] |
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| + | |Appearance = [[Dark Shadows (2012)]] |
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| + | |Name = Josette DuPres |
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| + | |Supernatural abilities =Levitation |
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| + | |Species = Ghost|Family = Maggie Evans (Possible Doppelganger/Distant descendant)}} |
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| + | '''Josette DuPres '''is a pretty, upper-class woman romantically involved with Barnabas Collins. She is portrayed by [[Bella Heathcote]]. |
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| + | == Biography == |
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| − | Her final words while fully alive are spoken, plaintively, to Barnabas: "Help me!" And, 196 years later, she repeats these words, and the gesture of falling backward, in apparitions at Collinwood to the newly arrived [http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Victoria_Winters_(2012) Victoria Winters], who is Josette's modern counterpart or reincarnation. The film eventually reveals, in flashbacks, that, in fact, Victoria (whose birth name was Maggie Evans) has been in contact with Josette's spirit since childhood, and that this contact resulted in Maggie's confinement for a period of years to the mental hospital Windclyffe. Flashbacks further show that it was Josette's apparition which pointed out to Vicky the help-wanted ad for a governess that led to her employment at Collinwood and her fateful enounter there with Barnabas. |
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| + | At some point in Josette's life, she meets [[Barnabas Collins (2012)|Barnabas Collins]]. The two soon fall in love and plan to spend their lives together, tenderly exchanging kisses and words of affection on one of [[Collinwood (2012)|Collinwood's]] balconies. Unfortunately, she and Barnabas are seen by [[Angelique Bouchard (2012)|Angelique Bouchard]], a servant in the Collins manor and a would-be rival for Barnabas's affections. Angelique is furious that her beloved Barnabas loves another woman, and it's just sheer bad luck for Josette that Angelique is skilled in witchcraft. |
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| + | The broken-hearted servant places Josette under a trance, compelling her to jump off of [[Widows' Hill (2012)|Widows' Hill]] to her death. Josette manages to resist just long enough to plead with Barnabas to help her before she's forced to step off the precipice and slam onto the wave-beaten rocks below. |
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| − | Josette's one other verbal statement to Vicky consists of the words, "He's coming! He's coming!" as she, apparently, foresees Barnabas' imminent escape from the coffin confinement to which Angelique had subjected him after imposing the curse of vampirism upon him. |
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| + | Almost two centuries later, Josette's spirit binds to a young girl named [[Victoria Winters (2012)|Maggie Evans]]. Maggie looks strikingly similar to Josette and may be her possible doppelganger, partial reincarnation, or distant descendant. Unfortunately, Maggie's parents are very concerned for her mental health because of her "imaginary friend" and send her to [[Windcliff Sanitarium]], a mental hospital. Maggie miserably spends many years in solitary confinement, with no one but Josette's spirit for company. |
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| − | Although she presumably dies without having had the opportunity to join the Collins family, a large figural painting of Josette is nonetheless displayed prominently in the Collinwood foyer even in 1972, 196 years or so after her fatal leap from Widows' Hill. |
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| + | Eventually, Maggie manages to escape and looks for a job, far away from her old home. Josette points out a help-wanted ad for a governess position at the [[Collinwood (2012)|Collinwood]] mansion in Maine and Maggie applies, changing her name to Victoria Winters and looking forward to her new life. |
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| − | "Josette" is the final (nonmusical) word spoken in the film, as Barnabas succeeds in "saving" Victoria Winters from a spell-induced fall from Widows' Hill - forced upon her magically by Angelique in much the same way as had been done to Josette. Barnabas accomplishes this by draining Victoria of blood during the plunge, as the two fall together. As they embrace in the waves at the foot of the cliff, Victoria arises as a vampire and, when Barnabas calls her "Victoria," she replies "Josette," suggesting that Josette's spirit has in some way merged with the physical body of Victoria, in effect reuniting Barnabas with his lost love. |
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| + | At Collinwood, Josette senses that her beloved Barnabas, whom Angelique cursed to become a vampire, will soon escape from the metal coffin she buried him in and grows restless. She leads a confused Victoria to the front hall where she floats around the chandelier before stating that "he's coming" and falling backwards off the chandelier, exactly the way she fell off Widow's Hill. Some weeks after Barnabas's return to Collinwood, Josette repeats the process with one difference: she states "help me" instead of "he's coming". Even so, she doesn't explain to Victoria what she wants help with. |
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| + | Later, "Angie" Bouchard puts Victoria under the very same trance Josette suffered from. Luckily, Barnabas manages to save his love this time by plunging after her and turning her into a vampire in midair. Interestingly, when Barnabas embraces her on the rocks below and calls her Victoria, she replies "Josette". This may suggest that Josette's spirit somehow merged with Victoria's physical body, that Victoria's soul was displaced, or that Josette and Victoria were two separate parts of the same person, now reunited. |
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| + | * Although Josette presumably died before she could officially join the Collins family, the Collinwood foyer displays a large portrait of Josette nonetheless, even two hundred years after her death.[[Category:Dark Shadows (2012) Characters|DuPres, Josette]] |
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Josette DuPres |
| Supernatural abilities |
Levitation |
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Ghost |
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Maggie Evans (Possible Doppelganger/Distant descendant) |
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Josette DuPres is a pretty, upper-class woman romantically involved with Barnabas Collins. She is portrayed by Bella Heathcote.
Biography[]
At some point in Josette's life, she meets Barnabas Collins. The two soon fall in love and plan to spend their lives together, tenderly exchanging kisses and words of affection on one of Collinwood's balconies. Unfortunately, she and Barnabas are seen by Angelique Bouchard, a servant in the Collins manor and a would-be rival for Barnabas's affections. Angelique is furious that her beloved Barnabas loves another woman, and it's just sheer bad luck for Josette that Angelique is skilled in witchcraft.
The broken-hearted servant places Josette under a trance, compelling her to jump off of Widows' Hill to her death. Josette manages to resist just long enough to plead with Barnabas to help her before she's forced to step off the precipice and slam onto the wave-beaten rocks below.
Almost two centuries later, Josette's spirit binds to a young girl named Maggie Evans. Maggie looks strikingly similar to Josette and may be her possible doppelganger, partial reincarnation, or distant descendant. Unfortunately, Maggie's parents are very concerned for her mental health because of her "imaginary friend" and send her to Windcliff Sanitarium, a mental hospital. Maggie miserably spends many years in solitary confinement, with no one but Josette's spirit for company.
Eventually, Maggie manages to escape and looks for a job, far away from her old home. Josette points out a help-wanted ad for a governess position at the Collinwood mansion in Maine and Maggie applies, changing her name to Victoria Winters and looking forward to her new life.
At Collinwood, Josette senses that her beloved Barnabas, whom Angelique cursed to become a vampire, will soon escape from the metal coffin she buried him in and grows restless. She leads a confused Victoria to the front hall where she floats around the chandelier before stating that "he's coming" and falling backwards off the chandelier, exactly the way she fell off Widow's Hill. Some weeks after Barnabas's return to Collinwood, Josette repeats the process with one difference: she states "help me" instead of "he's coming". Even so, she doesn't explain to Victoria what she wants help with.
Later, "Angie" Bouchard puts Victoria under the very same trance Josette suffered from. Luckily, Barnabas manages to save his love this time by plunging after her and turning her into a vampire in midair. Interestingly, when Barnabas embraces her on the rocks below and calls her Victoria, she replies "Josette". This may suggest that Josette's spirit somehow merged with Victoria's physical body, that Victoria's soul was displaced, or that Josette and Victoria were two separate parts of the same person, now reunited.
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Trivia[]
- Although Josette presumably died before she could officially join the Collins family, the Collinwood foyer displays a large portrait of Josette nonetheless, even two hundred years after her death.