Laura Dern and Sam Neill Address Their Age Difference in 'Jurassic Park'

In 1993, when the first

was released, not many people found the age difference between Laura Dern and Sam Neill shocking.

Moreover, at the time, the question had not even crossed the minds of the two actors who formed a couple on the screen.

“I am 20 years older than Laura.

Which, at that time, was a completely appropriate age difference for an on-screen couple,” Sam Neill told The

, later explaining that he became aware of the problem when he read an article that compared him to Sean Connery and Harrison Ford who systematically had female partners much younger than them on screen.

However, Laura Dern was not much more sensitive to the question: “It seemed perfectly appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill.

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A different context

But while Laura Dern and Sam Neill are back in

, it is clear that the context is no longer the same.

“It's only now, when we're back in a context of cultural awareness of patriarchy, that I'm like, 'Wow!

We are not the same age?

“Surprised Laura Dern.

Since then, the franchise has, in a way, rectified the situation since Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are only a year apart.

Jurassic World: The World After arrives in theaters on June 8.

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