It also rather overlooked the well-established and highly respected careers of Laura, Jeff and Dicky. This was true enough, but I think it slightly irked us, the actors, to be reminded from time to time we were not real ‘stars’. “The more or less official line from Universal Pictures was that, with ‘Jurassic Park,’ they had set out to prove that they, with Spielberg, could make huge blockbusters without ‘movie stars’. “The impostor syndrome would be enhanced later on when we were out and about promoting the movie,” he wrote. Steven Spielberg Is ‘Proud’ of ‘Indiana Jones 5’: ‘I Thought I Was the Only One’ Who Could Make TheseĪccording to Neill, those feelings worsened when the film’s marketing campaign made it very clear that the real stars of the movie were the CGI dinosaurs, not the actors. If indeed I was supposed to be that sort of action guy, I was already, I think, forty-five years old, and as always had left things about ten or fifteen years too late.” The idea of me going hand to hand with Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger is simply absurd. “Why me? I’m certainly not an action hero. “I was racked by the usual insecurities,” Neill wrote in his book. The actor landed one of the biggest roles of his career when Steven Spielberg cast him in his 1993 dinosaur classic - but worried that he was the wrong fit for the role. After announcing his cancer diagnosis (and subsequently reassuring fans that he’s in remission) this month, Sam Neill directed his fans’ attention to happier topics when he published his new memoir “Did I Ever Tell You This?” The book is filled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes about Neill’s extensive filmography, including “The Piano” and “Peaky Blinders.”īut of course, Neill’s stories about making “ Jurassic Park” were bound to attract the most eyeballs.
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