Laura Dern, 55, and Sam Neill, 74, reflect on their 19-year age difference as Jurassic Park love interests
On Sunday, Laura Dern and Sam Neill gave serious thought to their 19-year age difference while portraying love interests in the original Jurassic Park.
The 55-year-old Oscar winner was 25 and the 74-year-old Emmy nominee was 44 when filming of their respective roles as botanist Dr. Ellie Sattler and paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant began.
“Well it felt totally fitting to fall in love with Sam Neill,” Laura admitted to the Sunday Times.
Throwback: On Sunday, Laura Dern and Sam Neill gave serious thought to their 19-year age difference while portraying love interests in the original Jurassic Park (pictured March 7)
“And only now, as we returned in a moment of cultural awareness of patriarchy, I thought, ‘Wow! Are we not the same age?”
Sam (née Nigel) agreed that 19 years was “a perfectly reasonable age gap for a leading man and a leading lady” at the time.
“It never crossed my mind until I opened a magazine and there was an article called ‘Old Knackers and Gals’ – people like Harrison Ford and Sean Connery working with much younger people. And there I was, on the list,” Neill recalled.
‘I thought, ‘Come on. This can not be true.’
The 55-year-old Oscar winner (left) was 25 and the 74-year-old Emmy nominee (right) was 44 when the production opened in August 1992 in their respective roles as botanist Dr. Ellie Sattler and paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant began
Laura admitted to the Sunday Times: “Well it felt totally appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill. And it’s only now, as we returned in a moment of cultural awareness of patriarchy, that I thought, ‘Wow! Are we not the same age?”
“There was an article called ‘Old Knackers and Girls.’ And there I was, on the list!’ Sam (née Nigel) agreed that 19 years was “a perfectly reasonable age gap for a leading man and leading lady” at the time (pictured in 2021).
Parents: The Los Angeles blonde and Northern Ireland-born Kiwi first reprized their characters alongside a baby in 2001’s Joe Johnston’s unforgettable trio Jurassic Park III
The Los Angeles blonde and Northern Ireland-born Kiwi first reprized their characters, along with a baby, in 2001’s Joe Johnston’s unforgettable three-quel Jurassic Park III.
But Laura and Sam, along with her former fiancé Jeff Goldblum, decided to play the chaotic Dr. Ian Malcolm to return once again in Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World Dominion, which hits US/UK cinemas on 10 June.
The sixth installment in the Universal Pictures dinosaur franchise also stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, BD Wong, Omar Sy and Campbell Scott.
But all the sequels pale in comparison to Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed 1993 film, which grossed a staggering $5 billion (including video games, toys, novels, animated LEGO series and theme park attractions).
In US/UK cinemas June 10th! But Laura and Sam, along with her former fiancé Jeff Goldblum (L), decided to play as the chaotic Dr. Ian Malcolm to return once again in Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World Dominion
Still the best of the bunch! But all the sequels pale in comparison to Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed 1993 film, which grossed a staggering $5 billion (including video games, toys, novels, animated LEGO series and theme park attractions).