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Sir Peter Isherwell is one of the two main antagonists (alongside President Janie Orlean) in 2021 Netflix's satirical black comedy film Don't Look Up.
He is a tech billionaire, CEO of BASH Electronics and one of President Orlean's benefactors. In reality, he's also a greedy and opportunistic businessman who secretly discovers that the comet is comprised of rare-earth materials, wants to mine it and finally causes the comet to hit everyone.
What Makes Him a Hate Sink?[]
- He ordered Orlean to abort NASA's mission to destroy the comet with nuclear warhead so that he could mine the minerals and space metals from it for his company's profit, this shows how much of a greedy and uncaring person he truly is.
- His decision to mine the comet for its space materials and sell them ruins Kate Dibiasky's life, causing her to be looked down by the society, even her own parents.
- He rejects Dr. Mindy's advice to cancel the drone mission for safety, thinking that he knows better and smarter than anyone else. This carelessness would result in fatal consequences as the drones were actually imperfect and not ready for the mission, causing the comet to fall even faster to Earth.
- When Dr. Teddy Oglethrope tells him that fellow countries like Russia, China, Japan and United Kingdom are offering their assistance in a joint space mission, he refuses their help so that he could exploit the minerals all to himself and refuses to share this with other countries.
- He is responsible for and has the most direct influence on the extinction of humanity at the end of the movie because the drone mission ultimately ends up failing, and he leaves with the excuse to "go the toilet" while in reality, he cowardly ran away to his jet to get to the escape pod with President Orlean, leaving the rest of humanity to die when the comet strikes Earth.
- Overall, Isherwell is portrayed as an absolutely arrogant moron who cares for no one but himself (save for Orlean) and was responsible for humanity's destruction by choosing to mine the comet for his own selfish purposes rather than deflect it.
External Links[]
- Peter Isherwell on the Villains Wiki
- Peter Isherwell on the Don't Look Up Wiki
- Peter Isherwell on the Near Pure Evil Wiki
- Peter Isherwell on the Antagonists Wiki
