‘Jurassic Park’ Star Sam Neill Says He’s ‘Not Afraid Of Dying’ From Blood Cancer – But Is ‘Annoyed’ By It

Sam Neill, the actor who portrayed Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise, announced seven months ago that he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer.

The actor had been experiencing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion before eventually being diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.

Neill recently revealed in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Australian Story that he had been undergoing chemotherapy, which only worked for three months.

The actor explained that he had been in remission for a year as a result of taking a rare anti-cancer drug. This specific drug requires infusions every two weeks.

However, his doctors told him that the drug would, as time went on, cease to be effective.

He has considered his bodily responses to the infusions as “very grim and depressing” but still accepts that the treatment is “keeping him alive.”

Neill stated that he is not “remotely afraid of dying” but rather finds the thought of dying “annoying.”

As for retiring from acting, Neill mentioned that the idea of doing so “fills him with horror.”

Neill recently worked with Annette Bening in the filming of the mini-series adaptation of Liane Moriarty‘s novel, Apples Never Fall, in Australia.

The actor noted that he is “immensely grateful” to have supportive children, especially since being single caused him to have “some very lonely times last year.”