Jurassic Park 3’s Sam Neill Details Drama Behind the Scenes of Sequel
Sam Neill has detailed some of the drama that went on behind the scenes during the filming of the sequel Jurassic Park III. Neill originated the iconic character of Dr. Alan Grant in the first Jurassic Park film, which was based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton and directed by Steven Spielberg. It became the highest-grossing domestic film of 1993 by a factor of $150 million. Grant is a paleontologist with a stony exterior who must learn to embrace other people — especially children — when saving young siblings Lexi and Tim from rampaging dinosaurs at the failed theme park created by their grandfather John Hammond (Richard Attenborough).
Neill did not reprise the role in the film's 1997 follow-up The Lost World: Jurassic Park (though it did star Jeff Goldblum returning as Ian Malcolm). However, he returned as the lead of the 2001 sequel Jurassic Park III, which sees Grant being deceived by a couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) who are attempting to rescue their son (Trevor Morgan), who has been stranded with the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna after a parasailing accident. Although the franchise has continued on since then, this two-decade-old film was Neill's last outing as the character prior to his appearance in the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion, which hits theaters on June 9.
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Neill recently sat down with Gizmodo to discuss his legacy within the Jurassic Park franchise. When the topic turned to Jurassic Park III, he revealed that the making of the film was a rather complicated process. They were "flying by the seat of our pants" with the script constantly changing, to the point that "Bill Macy and Téa Leoni didn’t seem
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