About Character “Robert Neville (Will Smith)” Summary · First point, Neville wanted to create cure for cancer which is a genetically re-engineered measlesvirus. By the end of the year, over 90% of the planet's human population died because of this cure. Over 9% were infected, but did not die. They returned a mutant which is aggressive and hunt other alive people. · He stayed in NYC as what he believes to be the last healthy human in the world. And he is also US Army virologist. So he try to find cure for the virus. · He also tries to find another people who is still alive or did not get virus by broadcast. About “Robert Noville” (Will Smith) I am Legend is a 2007 British-American post-apocalypticscience fictionhorror film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. Smith plays character who is Robert Noville. Noville is a virologist in US Army. Some doctors tried to find cure for cancer which is re-engineered measles virus. They tested for some people and animals. But end of the year, over 90% of the planet's human population died. Over 9% were infected, but did not die. They mutated and survive for live. But they are not like human or animal. They cannot walk around during morning time and eat animal or human meat. Anyway, Noville stayed in city and he did not get virus because he has immunity. He tries to find cure for this virus and find other people who is still alive like him. He has not getting crazy because he still has a hope. He has only his dog and dummies in around city. He talks to them every day with them like they are alive. His dog helps him for stay awake about something and it makes his feel responsible. He thinks about his family every time and this is making him stronger. Because when he is thinking them he knows he has a goal for keeping somebody alive. So everyday, he goes to some harbour for doing announcement to another people who is not get this virus too. One day, he falled into trap made by mutants. When he woke up, it was almost evening. Thus these mutants can go outside and they can catch him. Nevertheless, it did not happen something for him but for his dog, it is not same. The other dogs which is got virus, they bit his dog-Sam. Sam survived only a couple hours but he was turning to a mutant. So Noville was have to kill him. This means, he killed his last hope with Sam. So he was very disappointed and sad with this event. He went to harbour during evening time because facing to them. Mutants attacked him and he was almost dieing but someone came and pick him up from them. When he was woke up, he was in his house and someone is cooking in his kitchen. When he saw them-Anna and Ethan, he was surprised because he has not any idea about someone is alive. So he was so happy and this was a new hope for survive for him. He showed his lab about cure to them. When he was showing his lab, they saw one mutant respond to treatment. This means for him, the only purpose in his life was real. At that time, the .