Laura Dern

"I am 20 years older than Laura! Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady!"

“And there I was, on the list.” “Laura was a tender age," Sam recalled. Perhaps, less commented on is the age difference between Laura and Sam, given that Laura was just 23 when the movie was shot, and Sam was 44.

Dern, however, said that at the time “it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill”. “And it was only now, when we returned in a moment of ...

And there I was, on the list. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Laura Dern has said that she never considered the age gap between herself and Sam Neill in Jurassic Park to be inappropriate until recent years.

"Jurassic Park" stars Laura Dern and Sam Neill are reflecting on being cast opposite one another as a couple with a 20-year age gap in 1993.

Connery was 39 years older that Catherine Zeta Jones in the 1999 movie "Entrapment." At the time, she said, she thought it was "completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill." And there I was, on the list.

Sam Neill was 20 years older than Laura Dern in "Jurassic Park," an age gap that is finally making people uncomfortable nearly three decades after the film ...

Now, much to the delight of fans, they're reprising their roles in "Jurassic World Dominion." Dern is currently 55 years old, while Neill is 74 years old. “I am 20 years older than Laura! Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady." “Laura was a tender age," Neill told The Sunday Times of London via BuzzFeed News of the casting.

Laura Dern thinks that the age gap between her character and Sam Neill in 'Jurassic Park' was "appropriate at the time."

Cinema has introduced audiences to a number of memorable pairs of the years, and Jurassic Park's Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler are definitely one of them.

One can only hope that Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant’s reunion lives up to the hype. Alan didn’t seem ready to settle down but, also, the age gap between the two stars themselves could’ve become more evident as time moved on, making things somewhat awkward. Of course, one thing viewers are more than likely aware of is the significant age gap between the actors who play them, Sam Neill and Laura Dern. And years later, the two are getting honest about that gap and Hollywood standards.

"Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill," Laura Dern said of her Jurassic Park costar as the pair reunites in the franchise's ...

And so I loved it," Goldblum said last month. But I was completely baffled to be called by Steven. I didn't get it." "Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady! "Laura was a tender age. It was no surprise she was asked. And there I was, on the list.

The internet cannot get over the fact that Laura Dern, who played a leading paleobotanist in 'Jurassic Park,' was only 23 in the classic film.

The Oscar winner and Neill recently reunited to reprise their iconic roles in “Jurassic World Dominion,” coming to theaters June 10. “I don’t mean to be a jerk. Neill and Dern aren’t the only ones floored by this belated discovery. “‘It can’t be true.’” “Laura was a tender age. “She was already an exciting actor — she had done David Lynch films.

Laura Dern and Sam Neill reflected on their 'Jurassic Park' characters being romantically linked in the original film despite a 20-year age gap.

That’s part of what this prologue is about; I felt that if we didn’t have this in the story, that the T-rex wasn’t being honored. “Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill,” she said. Along with their return comes the inevitable re-examination of their characters being romantically linked despite a 20-year age difference in the first film.

"I am 20 years older than Laura!" Neill said of the Jurassic Park onscreen romance. "Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a ...

"I can say that it was incredible to be back together," Dern told PEOPLE last year. "Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill," Dern said. In the near-30 years that have passed since the OG JP, both stars see their cinematic romance a bit differently.

Dern was 23 years old when filming started and 26 when the movie opened in 1993. Niell, on the other hand, was 43 years old during the shoot. Neither actor was ...

Dern cites Ellie in the same category as Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley from the “Alien” franchise as movie characters that changed Hollywood’s view on female action heroes. “Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill,” Dern added about the age gap. And there I was, on the list.

Nearly three decades after playing love interests, the co-stars admit their age difference may not have been “completely appropriate.”

The co-stars reconsidered their age difference—Dern was 23 while filming Jurassic Park, Neill was 42—in a new interview with The Sunday Times. “I am 20 years older than Laura!” Neill told the outlet. Dern admitted that “it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill” at the time. Nearly three decades after the first film, Jurassic Park remains one of the most timeless franchises—spawning five sequels, including the upcoming Jurassic Park: Dominion, which reunites Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill in their original roles.