SORRY INTERVIEW: Actor Sam Neill (76) believes his cancer statements have been taken out of context. Photographed here during the Toronto Film Festival. Photo: GEOFF ROBINS / AFP
Hollywood star Sam Neill (76) says the treatment he is receiving for blood cancer will probably stop working. Now he apologizes to the fans.
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Hollywood actor Sam Neill (76) has said in a TV interview that the treatment he is receiving for a rare form of blood cancer will only work temporarily. On Instagram, Neill refutes the seriousness of what came out in the TV interview. He claims to be on the mend and “plans to be for a long time.” The actor also expresses hope for future advances in cancer treatment, asking fans not to worry. view more
“Jurassic Park” actor Sam Neill recently stated in a TV interview that the treatment that has slowed the progression of a rare form of blood cancer is only having a temporary effect.
It writes Deadline.
– I am prepared for it, Neill said to the TV program “Australian Story”, according to the industry magazine.
The veteran actor is known from a number of blockbuster films, dramas and TV series, such as the Oscar winner “Piano” (1993) the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Peaky Blinders”. Neill claims that he is not afraid, but finds the situation “annoying”.
Despite health challenges and treatments that feel like going “ten rounds with a boxer”, retirement is completely out of the question, Neill claims.
– Don’t worry
In a video on his private Instagram-profile on Tuesday 17 October, a clearly moved Sam Neill refutes the seriousness of what emerged in the TV interview.
He claims that the remark was taken out of context.
– I commented in a TV program that the treatment will ultimately not work. It happens, but it’s nothing to worry about, reassures Sam Neill in the video.
– I am in remission remission Remission is recovery from illness. The disease subsides; as in the reduction of cancerous tumors or specified symptoms. and plans to be for many years. I’m boring you all to death with this, there’s a lot more work to do. On the day the treatment fails, we try other things.
BIG MOVIE SUCCESS: Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant in the third “Jurassic Park” film from 2001. Photo: Universal / Courtesy Everett Collection
Furthermore, Sam Neill says that there is great development on the cancer treatment front.
– So please don’t worry. I get a lot of messages on social media and from friends that I’m sorry for disturbing, says Neil, clearly choking on tears.
He pulls himself together again and smiles at the camera with a trembling voice:
– Everything is fine, I’m on my way to work.
Blood cancer in the third stage
Sam Neill told himself about the diagnosis in his autobiography “Did I Ever Tell You This?” which was released in March this year.
The treatment is said to have set him back considerably and contributed to him starting to write.
– I love to work. I love going to work. I love being with people every day and enjoying friendship and all that. Suddenly I was robbed of this and I thought, what am I going to do? Neill told The Guardian newspaper then.
VETERAN: Sam Neill promoting the film “Sweet Country” at the 2017 Venice Film Festival. Photo: ALESSANDRO BIANCHI / Reuters
While promoting “Jurassic World Dominion” in 2022, Neill discovered swollen lymph glands. Just weeks later, the actor was diagnosed with stage three blood cancer.
After an unsuccessful chemotherapy course, he was put on another type of chemotherapy which he must continue with every month for the rest of his life.
It is this treatment that, according to Neill, will eventually stop working.
– Happy to be alive
Sam Neill claims that working on the biography gave him a new perspective on his career:
– I can’t tell you how privileged I am to spend time with so many actors, says Neill in the recent TV interview, writes Deadline.
– So many of them I have really liked and so many of them I have really admired.
He has previously stated to The Guardian that he is grateful for life:
– The dark moments make the bright ones sharper, and have made me grateful for every day and incredibly grateful for all my friends. I’m just happy to be alive.
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