A character actor in a leading man’s body, he gave balls-to-the-wall performances in a subversively varied career
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‘I’d like to think that, in life, I’m a goodie’: Sam Neill’s final interview
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Peter Bradshaw: Sam Neill was a warm, wry and unselfish star who twinkled so others could shine
The beloved actor Sam Neill, who died this week aged 78, will return to the screen a few more times, posthumously gracing us with his presence in three films that say a lot about the kind of actor he was, and the sort of reputation he carved out.
They could hardly be more different: a wacked-out Australian comedy in which he provides the voice of a sweary magpie (The Fox); a romcom set in the Philippines (The Last Resort); and the next instalment in a blockbuster Hollywood franchise about giant mutant stampeding monsters (Godzilla x Kong: Supernova).
