Sam Neill has special memories of Robin Williams, who worked with him in 1999’s Bicentennial Man. Neill, 75, looked back on their time together in his new March 21-released memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?
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Sam Neill is doing «very well» following treatment for stage 3 blood cancer. In fact, he's not just on the mend, he's already back to work.A rep for the star tells ET, the 75-year-old actor «is very well and back at work starring opposite Annette Bening in the upcoming limited series .» The rep added, «Thank you for your good wishes. Sam has no further comment beyond what’s written in his book.»According to, Neill reveals in his upcoming memoir,, that he experienced swollen glands while promoting back in March 2022.
The outlet reported he was ultimately diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. He would go on to receive chemotherapy, which later started to fail, forcing Neill to take a new chemotherapy drug he'll have to take monthly for the rest of his life. He's now cancer-free.«I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments,» he told.
«But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. Just pleased to be alive.»Back in October 2021, co-creator Simon Kinberg spoke to ET and explained the inspiration behind the sprawling Apple TV+ series (starring Neill, Golshifteh Farahani, Shamier Anderson and many others) and how the premiere paid homage to .Sheriff Tyson, played by Neill, is called to investigate a potential criminal situation at a local farm when he unknowingly happens upon the first signs of the aliens on Earth. As he climbs up the silo, the camera suddenly pulls in on his face as he reacts to seeing something peculiar in the cornfield.
Sam Neill has special memories of Robin Williams, who worked with him in 1999’s Bicentennial Man. Neill, 75, looked back on their time together in his new March 21-released memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?
Sam Neill made his first public appearance after announcing that he’d been diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer.
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Did I Ever Tell You This?, the actor recalls how they had “great chats” together while visiting each other’s trailers on the set of 1999 film Bicentennial Man.“We would talk about this and that, sometimes even about the work we were about to do,” Neill wrote (via People), adding that Williams was “irresistibly, outrageously, irrepressibly, gigantically funny”.Neill describes the late actor as simultaneously the “funniest person” he ever worked with and “the saddest person I ever met”.He added: “He had fame, he was rich, people loved him, great kids – the world was his oyster. And yet I felt more sorry for him than I can express.
confirmed to TMZ.Rene said his father was diagnosed in September after being a smoker for over 30 years.He said chemotherapy left holes in his dad’s lungs, prompting him to fly to Utah for emergency surgery.Unfortunately, medics told them there was nothing more they could do.“Today is a very sad day, and this is a very hard video for me to make, I’ve made this video many times already.
Sam Neill thinks Robin Williams was the "saddest person" he's ever met. The comedy star committed suicide in August 2014, and Sam - who worked alongside him on the 1999 movie 'Bicentennial Man' - has now opened up about their friendship, describing Robin as the "funniest person" he ever worked with. In his new memoir, 'Did I Ever Tell You This?', he writes: "He had fame, he was rich, people loved him, great kids - the world was his oyster.
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Sam Neill is sharing a positive health update after recently revealing that he was diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer.
Sam Neill is giving fans a much needed update about his cancer diagnosis.
blood cancer diagnosis, assuring fans that his stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma is in remission and that’s “alive and kicking.”“My news seems to be all over the news at the moment, and it’s sort of ‘Cancer! Cancer! Cancer!’ which is slightly tiresome because as you see, I am alive and well and I have been in remission for eight months, which feels really good,” the “Jurassic Park” actor said in a video posted on Instagram. “And I’m alive and kicking and I’m going to work.”After assuring fans that he is doing well, the “Hunt for Red October” actor also revealed that he is “very happy” going back to work in a week to begin production on “Apples Never Fall” alongside Annette Bening.Neill said that he is lamenting headlines focused on his diagnosis, which he discovered while promoting “Jurassic World Dominion” last year, noting that they missed the “main thing” happening in his life: the upcoming March 21 release of his memoir, titled “Did I Ever Tell You This?,” which the actor wrote over the course of several months in 2022 that were inextricably tied to his diagnosis.“It does mention cancer because that’s the sort of context in which I wrote it,” Neill said.
Jurassic Park star Sam Neill has tried to calm alarmed fans via Instagram following revelations that he’s been battling stage 3 blood cancer.
Jurassic Park franchise star has spoken to various outlets about writing his new memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?, which he credits with giving him a “reason to live” following his diagnosis in March 2022.He told The Guardian: “I realised it was actually sort of giving me a reason to live. I would go to bed thinking, ‘I’ll write about that tomorrow… that will entertain me.'”Neill told the BBC that he was diagnosed with “a ferocious type of aggressive” non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“Did I Ever Tell You This?”The 75-year-old said he was soon diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, undergoing chemotherapy until he switched to a new drug he expects to take every month for the rest of his life.“I am alive and well and I have been in remission for 8 months, which feels really good,” he said in a video shared on the platform Friday. “And I’m alive and kicking and I’m going to work.”A post shared by SamNeillTheProp (@samneilltheprop)Neill, who has been in remission for 8 months, said he’s diving back into onscreen work within days alongside Annette Bening in the limited series “Apples Never Fall.”“I’m very happy to be going back to work,” Neill told his 542,000 followers. “Let’s not worry too much about ‘all that’ because I’m fine.
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Jurassic Park star Sam Neill revealed he must follow a lifelong chemotherapy treatment after being diagnosed — and beating — stage 3 blood cancer.
"Jurassic Park" actor Sam Neill has revealed his "ferocious" stage 3 blood cancer diagnosis. Neill, 75, told the BBC that he was diagnosed in March 2022. "The thing is, I'm crook.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sam Neill revealed in an interview with The Guardian that he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer. Neill, best known for playing Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” franchise, first “experienced swollen glands during publicity for ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ in March last year and was soon diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma,” the publication reports. “I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments,” Neill said in an interview touting his upcoming memoir, in which he writes frankly about his cancer diagnosis. “But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. Just pleased to be alive.”
Sam Neill first noticed he had swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion last March. After consulting a physician, the actor was diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer.
“Did I Ever Tell You This?” The 75-year-old “Jurassic Park” star recalled experiencing swollen glands a year ago while doing press for “Jurassic World Dominion.”He said he was soon diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, undergoing chemotherapy until he switched to a new drug he expects to take every month for the rest of his life.“The thing is, I’m crook. Possibly dying,” he writes in the first chapter of his book, which comes out Tuesday. “I may have to speed this up.”He said he never intended to write a memoir, but started doing so during treatment last year, as he realized it “was actually sort of giving me a reason to live.”“I found myself with … nothing to do,” Neill explained to the Guardian in an interview published Friday.“And I’m used to working.
Sam Neill has just disclosed that he is undergoing treatment for stage-three blood cancer.