Jurassic World 3: Why Sam Neill Agreed to Play Alan Again After 20+ Years
Sam Neill is opening up about why he chose to reprise his role as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic World: Dominion, over 20 years after he last portrayed the character in Jurassic Park III. Neill is a New Zealand actor who first gained international recognition for his role as Grant in the first Jurassic Park film in 1993. In the film, paleontologist Grant and his paleobotanist girlfriend, Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), are invited to the Isla Nublar by Jon Hammond (Richard Attenborough). The carnage that occurs when the dinosaurs get loose changes Grant's perspective and causes him not to endorse Jurassic Park.
In 2001, Neill reprised his role as Grant and was the protagonist of Jurassic Park III. In the years since Jurassic Park, Grant furthered his studies on dinosaurs, particularly on Velociraptors. However, a plane crash lands him stranded in Jurassic Park once more. He survives, and also finds out that his research on the intelligence of Velociraptors was accurate. When theJurassic Park franchise was revived with Jurassic World in 2015, many anticipated the original stars would reprise their roles. Now, this anticipation is becoming a reality as Neill, Dern, and Jeff Goldblum will all be appearing in the third upcoming film Jurassic World: Dominion.
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In an interview with Gizmodo, Neill explained why he chose to reprise his role as Grant after over 20 years. He explained that it was largely director Colin Trevorrow who influenced him to return. Neill appreciated Trevorrow's love and passion for the Jurassic Park characters and his desire to fully integrate them into the Jurassic World series. Also, of course, the idea of being reunited with Dern
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