Eric Draven

Eric Draven is one of the main characters from the The Crow series.
== Charactah Account ==
Eric and his fiancée are on their way back from a romantic get-away, when their vehicle breaks down on a deserted road. A car full of gang members stops not to help but to take advantage of the couple's misfortune. They shoot Eric in the head paralyzing him while they rape and kill his fiancée in the car, Eric dying hours later in the hospital. A year later, resurrected by The Crow, Eric exacts vengeance on the men responsible for their deaths.
Eric is again returned to the land of the living, this time to help Razor fight a demonic gang known as Pain. In the end Eric must face the events which lead to his death, and the realization that the reason his soul cannot rest is because he blames himself for being unable to save Shelly.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* The Crow
* The Crow/Razor: Kill The Pain
=== Movies ===
* The Crow
=== TV Series ===
* The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
== Trivia ==
* In the comic Eric is completely invincible and the crow is more or less a spirit that only Eric can see, while in the film Eric’s invincibility solely relies on the health of the crow and everyone can see the crow.
* In the film Eric was a rock musician while in the comic he’s a mechanic.
* Eric was changed to a musician in the film to pay tribute to all the musical references in the original comic.
* From The Crow deleted scenes it is heavily implied that Eric’s invincibility would’ve been diminished if he got involved with the problems of the world of the living.
* Before choosing Brandon Lee, the other people that were considered for the role of Eric Draven were Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, Christian Slater, Johnny Depp, and Jon Bon Jovi. Brandon was ultimately chosen because he had the physicality for the role.
* Brandon chose to lose weight for the role as he believed that the character shouldn’t look too healthy when coming back to life after being dead for one year.
* In the film, Eric’s confrontation with Funboy was different in a deleted scene. When Eric walks out of the bathroom and picks up a hypodermic needle, Funboy sneaks up behind Eric and stabs him in the back with a razor. Funboy repeatedly stabbed Eric with the razor before being overpowered by Eric and forced to overdose on morphine.
* In the film, the explosive that Eric drops in T-Bird’s lap is a white phosphorus grenade.
* Brandon Lee said that Eric Draven was his best character.
* Both actors who portrayed Eric Draven are proficient in a style of martial arts created by their fathers. Brandon Lee was proficient in Jeet Kune Do, a style of martial arts created by his father Bruce Lee, and Mark Dacascos is proficient in Wun Hop Kuen Do, a style of martial arts created by his father Al Dacascos.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Eric Draven at The Crow Wiki
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