Kõinud Sam Neilli 2024. aastal. Ta oli veel kindlam, kui ma ootasin | Zoe Williams

Näitleja, kes on sündinud 78-aastaseks, oli iluselt kandlik Hollywoodi, filmide tegemise ja oma kankrimihooldmise kohta – ja miks ta valis elu oma Uus-Zeelandiase aida juures, kui filmi äre liikmeks. Sam Neill’i 20 paratähtsust. A life in pictures‘A true gentleman’: actors, directors and leaders pay tribute to Sam NeillObituaryNeill interviewed in 2023, 2024 and 2026I interviewed Sam Neill in 2024, remotely: he was in Vancouver filming a Netflix series, Untamed, but we were there to talk about a quirky Australian court-room drama, The Twelve. He was immediately, disarmingly frank. Its second season, he said, was “considerably stronger” than the first, which was absolutely true, the first being a little schlocky, and the second showing more trust in its audience and our tolerance for nuance. But actors, generally speaking, will never say anything remotely critical of any project; it’s just not worth the hassle. This can make even the most reflective among them sound anodyne, and the feeling of being in a conversation with a real, three-dimensional human was unfamiliar and warm.