{"id":13837,"date":"2026-07-15T07:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/15\/gillian-armstrong-remembers-sam-neill-i-cant-believe-that-the-very-next-day-he-was-gone-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:32:19","slug":"gillian-armstrong-remembers-sam-neill-i-cant-believe-that-the-very-next-day-he-was-gone-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/15\/gillian-armstrong-remembers-sam-neill-i-cant-believe-that-the-very-next-day-he-was-gone-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillian Armstrong remembers Sam Neill: \u2018I can\u2019t believe that the very next day he was gone\u2019 Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian director who gave the actor his big break in My Brilliant Career remembers \u2018a smart, gentle, decent, passionate, loyal, surprisingly funny man\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/13\/sam-neill-final-interview-readers-question-jurassic-park\">Sam Neill\u2019s final interview<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/gallery\/2026\/jul\/13\/sam-neill-a-life-in-pictures\">life in pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/14\/jane-campion-remembers-sam-neill-the-piano\">The Piano director Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Neill interviewed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/mar\/17\/sam-neill-cancer-memoir-interview\">2023<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/article\/2024\/aug\/05\/the-second-act-of-sam-neill-the-truth-was-i-didnt-know-how-long-i-had-to-live\">2024<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/11\/sam-neill-vineyard-bendigo-ophir-goldmine-otago-santana-minerals\">2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What can I say? I\u2019m shocked and sad. He\u2019d just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/apr\/29\/sam-neill-cancer-free-clinical-trial\">been through the cancer treatments and was finally free<\/a>. And bang! He\u2019s gone. But what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/13\/sam-neill-death-tributes\">wonderful heartfelt tributes<\/a> from everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Sam was a great actor, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/14\/sam-neill-final-films-movies-who-was-actor\">so many films, so many roles<\/a>. Dashing, dry, evil, cheeky, damaged and very heroic. Even my grandson knows that man with the dinosaurs. I loved him having fun as that sly, handsome, grey-haired lawyer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/jun\/21\/the-twelve-review-australian-courtroom-drama-is-tepidly-interesting\">The Twelve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/15\/gillian-armstrong-remembers-sam-neill-my-brilliant-career-movie\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/15\/gillian-armstrong-remembers-sam-neill-my-brilliant-career-movie\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5a1c490bd2fd0c6d12719726020787156a317ac6\/0_846_2148_1716\/master\/2148.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=172f7df92fe7ef603f8ad4112f8c1f49\" title=\"Gillian Armstrong remembers Sam Neill: \u2018I can\u2019t believe that the very next day he was gone\u2019\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian director who gave the actor his big break in My Brilliant Career remembers \u2018a smart, gentle, decent, passionate, loyal, surprisingly funny man\u2019 Sam Neill\u2019s final interview and his life in pictures The Piano director Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill Neill interviewed in 2023, 2024 and 2026 What can I say? 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