Sam Neill Explains Why His Accent In Jurassic Park Changes
Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, who plays Dr. Alan Grant, explains why the character's accent continually changes throughout the film. Released in 1993, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park remains one of the most formative and revered movies in the director's impressive filmography. The film tells the story of Dr. Grant, a paleontologist, who, during a private tour of a nearly-completed dinosaur theme park, finds himself charged with the protection of two children after a power failure causes the creatures to escape their enclosures.
Jurassic Park was a massive success, both financially and with critics, and Dr. Grant would return in 2001's Jurassic Park 3. Neill is set to reprise his role again, alongside costars Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, in the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion, the third film in the Jurassic World series and the sixth Jurassic Park film overall. While a staple of the Jurassic Park franchise and a fan-favorite character of the first film, many fans have noticed that Neill's accent changes continually throughout the film. Dr. Grant sometimes sounds like he has no accent at all, but at other times Neill's native New Zealand accent creeps in and is particularly noticeable.
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In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Neill addresses his accent in Jurassic Park, explaining that it was actually Spielberg's direction that is to blame for the inconsistency. According to Neill, he had been practicing his American accent for weeks before production began when, at the beginning of filming, Spielberg asked him to just use his normal voice. The 74-year-old actor explains that, a few days later, Spielberg came to him again and asked him to do an accent "somewhere in
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