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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSam Neill has reflected on 1992 Jurassic Park, recalling that he was “slightly irked” by the film’s marketing campaign.The 75-year-old actor opened up about his long career in his recently released memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?Neill acted opposite Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern in Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur blockbuster.The actor said he felt slightly insecure about his leading part…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSam Neill has reflected on 1992 Jurassic Park, recalling that he was “slightly irked” by the film’s marketing campaign.The 75-year-old actor opened up about his long career in his recently released memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?Neill acted opposite Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern in Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur blockbuster.The actor said he felt slightly insecure about his leading part…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSam Neill has recalled the time he and the Jurassic Park crew almost died on set.Neill, 75, starred in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster hit, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, alongside Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern.Writing in his recently released memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, the actor reflected on a particularly dangerous day on set for the dinosaur film.“We…

Fresh off winning the Academy Award in 1998 for his performance in “Good Will Hunting,” Robin Williams had reached a new apex of his career. He enjoyed respect as an artist, was a top box-office draw in movies and appeared to be happily married to his second wife and loved being the father of three children. Yet, he appeared to actor star Sam Neill, Williams’ then co-star in the 1999 film “Bicentennial Man,” to be “inconsolably solitary and deeply depressed.” Sam Neill attends the world premiere of “The Portable Door” at…

In his memoir Did I Ever Tell You?, actor Sam Neill opened up about late Robin Williams, describing him as an ‘irresistibly’ and ‘outrageously’ funny person, but also as the ‘depressed’ and 'loneliest person' on the planet. He reflected on Robin as the ‘saddest person he has ever met,’ shedding light on the less-known side of the beloved comedian. Neill and Williams shared the screen in the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, cementing their friendship that lasted until Williams' untimely passing. Through his memoir, Sam…

Albert Chau/FilmMagic Get your tissues out folks, because this one is a tearjerker. Jurassic Park star Sam Neill has just released his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This about his time in the movie industry, taking us through his long career, the friends he made along the way, and his personal struggles – including his recent battle with stage three blood cancer (which he thankfully seems to have beaten). One of the most heart-wrenching revelations (via Deadline) centers on the much-missed Robin Williams, who took…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSam Neill has described Robin Williams as both the “funniest” and “saddest person I’ve ever met”.Writing in his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, the Jurassic Park star recalled working with the late actor on the 1999 film Bicentenial Man and the “great chats” they would have during filming.Describing Williams as “irresistibly, outrageously, irrepressibly, gigantically funny”, Neill…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSam Neill has shared a reassuring message with fans after revealing that he is in remission from stage three blood cancer.The Jurassic Park star, known for his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the blockbuster science-fictionfranchise, said he has “never felt better” and confirmed that he has been in remission for around eight months.Neill, 75, told Radio 2’s The Michael Ball Show…

Actor Sam Neill revealed that he has been diagnosed by stage 3 cancer since a year. Ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? the Jurassic Park actor is opening up about his stage 3 blood cancer diagnosis for the first time. (Also read: Bruce Willis is diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, announces family) Sam Neill opened up for the first time about his cancer diagnosis. The actor said that while he was busy doing press for Jurassic World Dominion last year, he had swollen…

The actor Sam Neill has revealed that he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer in a candid memoir to be released on Tuesday.In an interview with the Guardian about his book, Did I Ever Tell You This?, the 75-year-old Jurassic Park star discusses his career in film and television, the nature of celebrity, life on his New Zealand farm, and mortality, having opened his book with a shock.“The thing is, I’m crook. Possibly dying,” he writes in chapter one, “I may have to speed this up.”Neill started writing vignettes…