Dr. Sarah Harding is a behavioral paleontologist, and the girlfriend of Ian Malcolm in the film. In the novel, it is revealed they once had a relationship which did not work, causing them come close friends instead. Though she is intelligent in both novel and film, her novel counterpart employed commonsense and practicality in dangerous situations, putting the safety of her colleagues first. Contrarily, the film's Harding was too eager to interact with the animals, in essence occupying the role of the novel's Richard Levine by placing herself and others in danger. Michael Crichton confirmed that she was Dr. Gerry Harding's daughter, and in the book she references him while tending to the injured baby Tyrannosaurus. It is unknown weather or not she will star in Jurassic Park IV