Laura Dern: Was our age gap in Jurassic Park ‘completely appropriate’?’
Laura Dern was 23 when she starred in Jurassic Park with Sam Neill, who is 20 years older. Now the duo are back, they talk to @JonathanDean_ about patriarchy, politics and palaeontologyhttps://t.co/TZbqJ0bUv2
- Sunday Times Culture (@ST_Culture) May 22, 2022
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Laura was 23 (whut) and Sam Neill was 44 when they starred in Jurassic Park
Neither thought anything about the age gap until recently
Sam: “Laura was a tender age. I am 20 years older than Laura! Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady!"
“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. And there I was, on the list.”
Laura: “Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill"
"It was only now, when we returned in a moment of cultural awareness about the patriarchy, that I was, like, ‘Wow! We’re not the same age?’”