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Peter is one of the main protagonists of Red Riding Hood and Valerie's love interest. He is a woodcutter and is strongly suspected to be the Wolf's true identity, until it is discovered that Cesaire is actually the Wolf. Later, Cesaire bites Peter and he becomes a werewolf. Peter leaves to get control of his wolf form and then comes back to be with Valerie.

1 Background
2 Red Riding Hood
3 Family
4 Trivia
5 Image Gallery

Background[]

Peter was orphaned at a young age and lived on the fringes of Daggerhorn, earning a meagre living working as a woodcutter. He is considered something of an outcast by the other villagers, but has been friends with Valerie since childhood. Valerie would often sneak away to see him and they once hunted a rabbit together. In time, Peter and Valerie grew to love one another.

Red Riding Hood[]

When they learn that Valerie's parents have arranged for her to marry Henry Lazar, son of the wealthy blacksmith Adrian Lazar, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together, only to learn that the Wolf has broken its truce not to prey on the townspeople in exchange for cattle stock sacrifices and has murdered Valerie's sister Lucie, who is revealed to have had a crush on Henry Lazar.

Suzette learns of Peter and Valerie's love, telling Valerie she too did not love her husband at first, but learned to love him – that she had loved another. Father Auguste, the local preacher, calls for the famous witch hunter, Father Solomon, to help them but the townspeople decide to venture into the Wolf's lair to destroy it. They divide into groups, with one consisting of Peter, Henry, and Adrian. Peter separates from them moments before the Wolf attacks and murders Adrian. However, it is supposedly cornered by the men and killed, though in truth they only killed an ordinary wolf.

Peter attempts to visit Valerie to get her to come away with him, but she is having second thoughts due to not wanting to leave her family at such a difficult time. Suzette also orders Peter to stay away from her daughter, saying that if he truly loves her, he will let her go. That night, as Daggerhorn celebrates their apparent victory over the Wolf, Peter, frustrated by Valerie's rejection of him, deliberately dances and flirts with Rose to make Valerie jealous. She in turns dances provocatively with Prudence. They are interrupted by Henry, who publicly confronts Peter and blames him for causing his father's death. Valerie stops the men from fighting and Peter storms off. Valerie follows him and, after a brief altercation, they admit they still love each other. Valerie and Peter end up passionately kissing in a stable and nearly make love, but are interrupted by some local youths (unaware that Henry has seen them). Later, when the Wolf attacks Daggerhorn, Valerie attempts to find Peter, but he appears to have vanished. When Valerie learns she can communicate with the Wolf, which has brown human eyes not unlike Peter's and insists that Valerie come away with it, this eventually leads her to suspect Peter could be the Wolf, attempting to get revenge on the town for separating them.

Believing Valerie to be a witch after learning of her ability to communicate with the Wolf, Father Solomon has her captured and displayed at the town's square in order to lure the Wolf out so he can kill it. Henry and Peter join forces and help Valerie to escape. Peter is captured by the Captain and thrown into a torture device known as the elephant, though he manages to escape and flees into the forest.

In the woods, Valerie meets Peter, who is wearing a glove. Noticing that his hand is burned in the same place where the Wolf burned its paw trying to enter the church, Valerie assumes Peter is the Wolf. He does not explain how he was able to get out of the elephant, but believing him to be the Wolf attempting to hide his burned paw, Valerie slashes him with a knife. She flees to her grandmother's house. When she arrives, it seems as though her grandmother is acting strangely and will not reveal herself to Valerie. It is then revealed that the Wolf was neither Peter nor Valerie's grandmother, but Cesaire as he pulls back the curtains, also showing himself to have been faking her grandmother's voice. Cesaire explains to Valerie that he needs someone to pass his 'gift' onto her, as the Blood Moon is almost over.

Peter in his wolf form.

As Cesaire is about to bite Valerie, Peter suddenly arrives to save her. He confronts Cesaire, who bites Peter and tosses him aside. Peter is able to throw an axe into Cesaire's back, distracting him. Valerie stabs Cesaire to death with Father Solomon's silver-fingernailed hand. Valerie and Peter fill Cesaire's body with rocks so he can never be found and dumps the body in the lake, however because Cesaire bit Peter during a Blood Moon, he will now become a werewolf too. Peter departs in order to learn how to control his curse, vowing to return only when he's able to ensure Valerie's safety. Some time later, Peter, having gotten his powers under control, returns to Grandmother's cabin - where Valerie now lives - on the night of a full moon. Valerie, standing outside the cabin picking herbs, hears Peter growl, turns around and sees him in his wolf form. She smiles at him and they reunited.

Family[]

Peter's Father (arrested and deceased)
Peter's Mother (deceased)
Grandmother (grandmother-in-law) (deceased)
Cesaire (Father-in-law and enemy) (deceased)
Suzette (Mother-in-law)
Lucie (Half-sister-in-law) (deceased)
Henry (Step-brother-in-law and friend/enemy)
Adrian Lazar (Step-father-in-law) (deceased)
Valerie (Love interest,later wife)
Unnamed child (Alternate Ending)

Trivia[]

In an alternate ending,when Peter returns to grandmother's house at night in his wolf form,he sees Valerie who is holding their newborn child in her arms.
Peter's name is possibly a reference to the children's story Peter and the Wolf, about a brave boy named Peter who captures a wolf that has terrorising his farm.
Peter is the only werewolf in the film who is not antagonistic.

Image Gallery[]

Peter vs Henry

Peter and Valerie confessing their love

Peter and Valerie after killing her father

Peter hidden in the crowd

Peter telling Valerie to leave Daggerhorn with him

Peter with Valerie

Peter

Peter and the rest of the DaggerHorn townspeople

Peter and Valerie in the Ending

Peter and Valerie in bright light

Peter and Valerie in the film's beginning

Peter and the Huntsmen

Peter and Valerie witnessing Lucie's death

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Ending & The Wolf's Identity Explained

By Jack Wilhelmi

Published Jul 8, 2020

2011's Red Riding Hood, an adaptation of the old French folktale, delivers a teen drama from director Catherine Hardwicke with a mystery built in.

Adapted from the classic French folktale, Red Riding Hood adds elements of teen drama to the fantasy horror movie with a twist ending regarding the Big Bad Wolf's identity.

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and released in 2011, Red Riding Hood stars Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, and Max Irons—the three young adults are living in a village called Daggerhorn and involved in a love triangle when their home is threatened by the presence of a man-eating wolf. Adapting the legend of Little Red Riding Hood—known as "Little Red Cap" in the Brothers Grimm version—there are elements of classic werewolf tales coupled with the elements from the folktale such as the young woman named Valerie (Seyfried), who is gifted a red coat from her grandmother, and the wolf's looming, ever-present danger after Red Riding Hood is so unfortunate to catch his eye.

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The movie changes a lot from the original story, and focuses more on the larger question of who—amongst the villagers—could be the murderer. The folktale focuses more on Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother, to whom she has been visiting with food to aid her when she is frail and sickly. Red Riding Hood adapts traditional elements of teen supernatural dramas like The Vampire Diaries and Twilight by creating a love triangle between a young woman and the two young men who are vying for her love and attention. Red Riding Hood also plays out a traditional-styled "whodunit" mystery that ramps up the fear and paranoia of the villagers, aided by the appearance of a witch hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman) who comes to slay the beast.

Red Riding Hood: The Big Bad Wolf's Identity Explained

The end of Red Riding Hood revealed Valerie's father, Cesaire (Billy Burke) to be the wolf. Not only was this a shocking turn of events because it meant that Cesaire killed Valerie's sister, Lucie and was responsible for all the other murders that have taken place at Daggerhorn. While it was revealed early in the movie that Lucie was actually not Cesaire's daughter, it added motive to Cesaire being the wolf, though this was never made obvious. Rather, Red Riding Hood cleverly focused on Cesaire's drinking problem, as if it was caused by his extreme grief over losing his young daughter rather than him drinking to control his violent impulses.

Valerie can hear the wolf speaking—this is what originally clued Cesaire in that Lucie wasn't his daughter, and why he killed her. In their final confrontation, he explains to Valerie that he meant to choose the eldest to join him so he could eventually take both of his children and leave to have a family of their own. However, when Lucie couldn't communicate with him, he knew she wasn't his biological daughter. This is also why he killed Adrien, Henry's father—he was Lucie's real father from his affair with Cesaire's wife, Valerie's mother, Suzette (Virginia Madsen). Cesaire also slashed Suzette's face in one encounter and murdered Grandmother (Julie Christie). The werewolf's identity was teased and led audiences to believe many could be the wolf: the main suspects were set up to be Grandmother, Henry (Max Irons), and Peter (Shiloh Fernandez).

What Happened To Valerie & Peter?

Valerie and Peter manage to slay the wolf; Valerie kills her father with Father Solomon's severed hand, which has silver fingernails. However, Peter ends up being wounded in the battle, bitten by the wolf. Father Solomon warned all the villagers of Daggerhorn that during the blood moon, anyone bitten by the wolf would be cursed to be a wolf as well. This was part of Cesaire's plan—he wished to transfer his gift to his daughters, just as his father had passed it to him. Though Valerie was torn between her betrothed, Henry, and Peter, whom she'd loved since childhood, the decision was made around the halfway point, when she returned the bracelet Henry gave her to him.

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Valerie and Peter's relationship became doomed when Peter was bitten by Cesaire; he would turn into a wolf, and there was no escaping it. While it meant that their relationship couldn't continue in the way they might have wanted, Valerie moved into her grandmother's house and waited for him. The ending of the movie shows that Peter has returned. What this could mean is that he's come back to bring her with him on the next blood moon so they can be together. Before they parted, Peter made a promise to Valerie that he would learn how to control his gift; he wasn't a genetic wolf like she is or like her father was, so it likely would take some time for him to be able to ensure her safety with the intensity of his new instincts. Since Valerie can communicate with werewolves, they will always be able to have some larger contact, even if they don't continue a relationship.

What The Wolf & Red Riding Hood's Ending Really Means

Traditionally, werewolf mythology speaks to the animal nature present in humanity. It signifies a loss of control, or even a loss of innocence. Other times, such as in movies like Ginger Snaps, it can mean a coming of age or coming into one's sexuality, when a young person is turned into a werewolf and has to undergo a significant transformation. In Red Riding Hood, the wolf seems to represent true evil and the mistrust present in mankind. As the villagers of Daggerhorn are first content to ignore Father Solomon's warnings about the wolf being present amongst them, they eventually come face to face with the beast and then start to get paranoid. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect.

When Valerie is revealed to be able to hear the wolf, she is also accused of witchcraft, which leads to her being masked and humiliated in the town square, then set out as bait for the wolf. This represents the time period—which is never explicitly stated, but could likely be in the 1600s and 1700s, at the time when men were often suspicious of women for everything from witchcraft to adultery without any sort of concrete proof. The backdrop of the wolf being assumed to be Grandmother by Valerie and Valerie presumed to be evil because of her ability to hear the wolf and her red coat is representative of the time.

Also, Valerie is sexually active with Peter before they are wed and while she's being considered for marriage by another, which points to more traditional themes held in werewolf movies, where sexuality being present is indicative of a wolf or some other evil. Though Red Riding Hood deviates from both the original story and classic werewolf elements, they are still present in the underlying themes of the movie.

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Little Red Riding Hood - Charles Perrault, read online

Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her mother loved her without memory, and her grandmother even more. For her granddaughter's birthday, her grandmother gave her a red cap. Since then, the girl went everywhere in it. Neighbors said this about her:

— Here comes Little Red Riding Hood!

Once a mother baked a pie and said to her daughter:

— Go, Little Red Riding Hood, to your grandmother, bring her a pie and a pot of butter and find out if she is healthy.

Little Red Riding Hood gathered and went to her grandmother.

She is walking through the forest, and towards her is a gray wolf.

— Where are you going, Little Red Riding Hood? Wolf asks.

— I go to my grandmother and bring her a pie and a pot of butter.

— Does your grandmother live far away?

“Far away,” answers Little Red Riding Hood. - Over there in that village, behind the mill, in the first house from the edge.

— All right, — Wolf says, — I also want to visit your grandmother. I'll go down this road, and you go down that one. Let's see which one of us comes first.

The Wolf said this and ran as fast as he could along the shortest path.

And Little Red Riding Hood went along the longest road. She walked slowly, stopping along the way, picking flowers and collecting them in bouquets. Before she had even reached the mill, the Wolf had already galloped up to her grandmother's house and was knocking on the door: knock-knock!

Who is there? Grandma asks.

- It's me, your granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood, - the Wolf answers, - I came to visit you, I brought a pie and a pot of butter.

And my grandmother was sick at the time and was in bed. She thought it was really Little Red Riding Hood and called out:

— Pull the string, my child, and the door will open!

The wolf pulled the string and the door opened.

The wolf rushed at the grandmother and swallowed her at once. He was very hungry because he had not eaten anything for three days. Then he closed the door, lay down on his grandmother's bed and began to wait for Little Red Riding Hood.

Soon she came and knocked:
Knock Knock!

Who is there? Wolf asks. And his voice is rough, hoarse.

Little Red Riding Hood was frightened, but then she thought that her grandmother was hoarse from a cold, and answered:

— It's me, your granddaughter. I brought you a pie and a pot of butter!

The wolf cleared his throat and said more subtly:

— Pull the string, my child, the door will open.

Little Red Riding Hood pulled the rope-door and opened it. The girl entered the house, and the Wolf hid under the covers and said:

- Granddaughter, put the pie on the table, put the pot on the shelf, and lie down next to me!

Little Red Riding Hood lay down next to the Wolf and asked:

— Grandmother, why do you have such big hands?

- This is to hug you tighter, my child.

— Grandmother, why do you have such big ears?

— To hear better, my child.

— Grandmother, why do you have such big eyes?

— To see better, my child.

— Grandma, why do you have such big teeth?

— And this is to eat you as soon as possible, my child!

Before Little Red Riding Hood had time to gasp, the Wolf rushed at her and swallowed her.

But, fortunately, at that time, woodcutters with axes on their shoulders were passing by the house. They heard a noise, ran into the house and killed the Wolf. And then they cut open his belly, and Little Red Riding Hood came out, and behind her and grandmother - both whole and unharmed.

The wolf in the new adaptation of "Little Red Riding Hood" borrowed style from Karl Lagerfeld

Soon we will learn the prehistory of the famous fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood.

Press service of the film "Little Red Riding Hood"

On September 22, the film "Little Red Riding Hood" will be released, which will tell the prehistory of the famous fairy tale by Charles Perrault. The action of the picture begins even before the birth of Little Red Riding Hood. In the universe of the main character, there are two warring clans - the defenders of the fairy-tale city - wolf-killers and aggressive predators werewolves that can turn into people. For a hundred years, these clans managed to coexist together, but one day the werewolves decide to seize power. In the struggle, Little Red Riding Hood's father, nicknamed Wolfboy, dies. At the age of 12, Little Red Riding Hood will have to learn the story of her father and the fact that she is one of the guardians of the forest.

We decided to talk about the main characters of the film with comments by the famous Russian designer Igor Gulyaev, who acted as a costume designer on the project.

Little Red Riding Hood (Tasya Kalinina)

Little Red Riding Hood in the new film looks like this.

Film PR service

Until the age of 12, Little Red Riding Hood lives in the forest, helps her mother sell pies and dreams of great adventures that will soon happen to her.

– Little Red Riding Hood will have to move from the fairytale forest to the modern world, therefore, when designing her costume, and the rest of the characters too, I tried to make everything look modern, despite some fantasy and historicity, – designer Igor Gulyaev tells Metro. – We thought about the look of the hat for a long time and eventually made it in the style of the “reveling hats” popular in our brand.

Little Red Riding Hood costume sketches.

Provided by Igor Gulyaev's agent

They also tried to make the heroine's multi-layer jumpsuit fabulous and modern at the same time, and also so that it does not hinder movement, because Riding Hood has to run and fight every now and then.

Grandmother (Irina Rozanova)

Irina Rozanova played Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.

Film press service

Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother has character: she will not let her family be offended and will always share wise advice.

- When I found out that Ira Rozanova, whom I adore as an actress and with whom we have been friends for many years, will play Grandmother, I wanted to convey in the costume the character of Irina, on the one hand, sophisticated, on the other - hooligan - with laughter designer comments. – In this image, we used the now popular grunge style – slight negligence in the correct forms, complemented the costume with a corset, a spectacular headdress. Irina called me from the first rehearsals, when she put on a costume, and said: "Gulyaev, I feel like a cool grandmother! Thank you for not getting lost."

First sketches for Grandmother's costume.

Provided by Igor Gulyaev's agent

Westar (Aleksey Serebryakov)

Alexei Serebryakov played the ferocious leader of the wolf pack.

Press service of the film

The ferocious leader of the wolf pack, Westar, has a long-standing enmity with the family of wolf fighters and is looking for a worthy successor to whom he will transfer power.

– We made this image in the spirit of Karl Lagerfeld – aristocratic, restrained, white shirt, vest, trench coat, everything is very regular. This hero, as planned, was to be radically different from everyone else - primarily in his gloss and restraint, - explains Igor Gulyaev.

Costume design for the leader of the wolves.

Provided by the press agent of Igor Gulyaev

A distinctive feature of the heroes from the werewolf clan are black fingers. According to the designer, this trick came up during a team discussion with the film crew:

– We needed to highlight the dark animal essence of wolves, but unobtrusively, without bright fairy-tale elements, some kind of masks, and so on. Finally, an idea came up.

Black "finger pads" were made from leather, which was boiled and beaten in a special way, and created individually for each character.

Hardy (Yuri Chursin)

Hardy (Yuri Chursin) is the youngest son of the pack leader Vestar.

Movie press office

The youngest son of the leader of the pack, Vestar, Hardy is obsessed with the idea of becoming his father's successor when he retires. To do this, he is ready to do anything.

– We made a chic coat for the hero Yuri Chursin. It is made of simple black wool, but we made the texture ourselves, pouring resin, paint, some kind of fuel oil over it. It froze, we peeled off and poured over again. As a result, it turned out to be somehow incredible, as if it were hundreds of years old - both soft and petrified at the same time, - says the designer.

Volkoboy (Danila Yakushev)

Volkoboy (Danila Yakushev) is Little Red Riding Hood's father.