the Sunday Times, noting their feelings have changed over the years.“I am 20 years older than Laura! Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady,” the “Tudors” star said.Dern and Neill are both reprising their roles as paleobotanist Dr.
Ellie Sattler and paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in the upcoming “Jurassic World Dominion.”The New Zealand native then revealed the moment he knew that the relationship wasn’t “completely appropriate.”Dern was only 23 when she filmed the dinosaur action-adventure in the early ’90s and was 26 when the film was finally released in theaters.
Neill was in his 40s during the film shoot.“It never occurred to me until I opened a magazine and there was an article called ‘Old Geezers and Gals.’ People like Harrison Ford and Sean Connery acting with much younger people,” Neill continued. “And there I was, on the list.
I thought, ‘Come on. It can’t be true.'”The “Marriage Story” star agreed with Neill’s comments, noting: “Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill.”The Oscar-winner added, “And it was only now, when we returned in a moment of cultural awareness about the patriarchy, that I was, like, ‘Wow!
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