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Laura Dernis reuniting withSam Neillon the big screen nearly 30 years after first starring together inJurassic Park.
The Academy Award winner, 55, toldThe Sunday Timesthat the nearly 20-year age difference between herself and Neill, 74, “felt completely appropriate” in the 1993 film, during which she was 23 and he was 42.
“I am 20 years older than Laura!” Neill said. “Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady! It never occurred to me until I opened a magazine and there was an article called ‘Old Geezers and Gals.’ People likeHarrison FordandSean Conneryacting with much younger people. And there I was, on the list. I thought, ‘Come on. It can’t be true.’ "
“Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill. And it was only now, when we returned in a moment of cultural awareness about the patriarchy, that I was, like, ‘Wow! We’re not the same age?'” Dern added.
Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern.
Along withJeff Goldblum, they’re reprising their roles as Dr. Ellie Sattler (Dern), Dr. Alan Grant (Neill), and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) in 2022’sJurassic World Dominion.
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“We had such a close experience on the first one, and they’re of course two of the greatest actors of our time in the world. And so I loved it,” Goldblum said last month. “We’ve stayed in touch over the years, but that was so exciting.”
Director Colin Trevorrow previously assuredEntertainment Weeklythat the trio will be “major characters from start to finish” and will “have equal screen time” to current franchise starsChris PrattandBryce Dallas Howard.
Jurassic World Dominionpremieres June 10 in U.S. theaters.
source: people.com
