Clear Rivers | |
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Final Destination character | |
Ali Larter as Clear Rivers in the first film
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First appearance | Final Destination |
Last appearance | Final Destination 2 |
Created by | Jeffrey Reddick |
Portrayed by | Ali Larter |
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Full name | Clear Marie Rivers |
Gender | Female |
Occupation |
Artist Former high school student (at Mt. Abraham High) |
Significant other(s) |
Alexander "Alex" Browning (boyfriend; deceased) |
Location | Mt. Abraham, New York |
Status | Deceased |
Cause of death | Incinerated in oxygenated explosion |
Clear Rivers is a fictional character from the Final Destination film series. Created by Jeffrey Reddick and portrayed by Ali Larter, the character first appeared in Final Destination (2000) as a high school senior who, after surviving a plane explosion foreseen by Alex Browning, assists him on "cheating Death" by rescuing the other survivors from their impending doom. Clear returns in the sequel Final Destination 2 (2003), where she aids Kimberly Corman aide in saving the new set of victims from the Route 23 pile-up. The character also appears in the novelizations of the two motion pictures.
Created by Reddick, Clear was further developed by James Wong and Glen Morgan to be "the loner of the group" and a girl who's insecure about her sex appeal and tries to hide it with a gothic appearance. Larter described her as someone who's suffered from many losses in her life, causing her close off from other people and explaining her loner status. One of the survivors from the first film, Clear was chosen by New Line Cinema to return for the second film instead of Alex as they believed she fitted the narrative of the story better.
Along with Tony Todd, Larter is the only actor to reprise their role in the series. Although the character development of Clear was praised, Larter's performance received mixed reviews. Larter won a Young Hollywood Award for her role and was also nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.
Clear Rivers is introduced in the 2000 film Final Destination as one of the seniors from the fictional Mt. Abraham High School boarding Volée Airlines Flight 180 heading to Paris on May 13, 2000. On board, Alex Browning warns the passengers about his vision of the airliner exploding in mid-air, gaining no support except for Clear. She and Alex are removed from the plane along with five others before it detonates, killing the other 286 passengers. One month later, while at the memorial for the victims, she presents Alex a white rose as gratitude for saving her life.