How Sam Neill Was Convinced To Return for Jurassic World Dominion
Venerable actor Sam Neill recently shared how he was convinced to return to the Jurassic Park franchise for its final film Jurassic World Dominion. The actor reprises his role as Dr. Alan Grant, the reluctant yet intrepid paleontologist, and joins his surviving Jurassic Park co-stars — Laura Dern as paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler and Jeff Goldblum as mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm. They join the latest generation of heroes of the popular dinosaur franchise — Chris Pratt as dinosaur handler Owen Grady and Bryce Dallas Howard as former head of InGen, Claire Dearing.
Neill first joined the franchise as the star of the original 1993 blockbuster, Jurassic Park. The film proved to be a massive hit and pulled in nearly $1 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of all time until it was dethroned by Titanic a few years later. Neill did not appear in the film's sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, but played the lead in Jurassic Park III. Unfortunately, that film was poorly received by both critics and audiences worldwide and nearly killed the franchise. However, the Jurassic franchise was revived with the help of director Colin Trevorrow, who helmed the series' popular 2015 reboot Jurassic World.
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In a recent interview with The Wrap, Neill shared how he was convinced to return to a franchise he has not been a part of since 2001. The actor admits that when he was first approached to join Jurassic World Dominion, he found it to be a complete surprise, adding, "I made it clear I wasn’t going to come in and do a cameo, they had to commit properly and do my character and the other legacy characters justice, and in that case I’d be
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