The Jurassic Park franchise has been popular for decades now, dating back to Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking original. The Jurassic World movies (which are streaming with a Peacock subscription) have continued to tell new stories, the most recent being Rebirth. That movie featured Jonathan Bailey's Dr. Henry Loomis, who revealed he was actually a student of Alan Grant's. And now Sam Neill has responded to his signature character being named dropped in that blockbuster.
Sam Neill recently played Dr. Grant in a Super Bowl commercial, but before that he and his co-stars returned in Jurassic World Dominion. While he didn't appear in Rebirth, Alan Grant being mentioned offered some connection to the franchise's history. In a conversation with EW, the 78 year-old actor reacted to the name drop in the most recent movie, saying:
