Sam Neill, a Big Fish
Last time we heard of Sam Neill on Irish KC he was in Dublin ensconced in velvet. Well, there’s a great interview with this Irish-born actor, in today’s Guardian, by a drooling Chrissy Iley.
Neill was born in Omagh, as a boy called Nigel, just after WWII and moved to New Zealand seven years later. He’s still rather at home in Ireland, though he loves his true home, a farm in New Zealand.
1995’s Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill, is a terrific documentary he wrote and directed, which if you like Scorsese’s history of cinema thing, you can’t fail to warm to. And his list of acting credits is ridiculously impressive - possibly my favourite is the silly, but gentle, The Dish - made back in 2000 - where Neill seems to play himself, all brooding uplifting wisdom.
If you want to see what Sam has to say about Dublin pubs, sport, Bill Nighy, sex scenes, dogs, his sheep, and kissing men, have a read of an interview with an actor who is clearly his own man:
Kissing blokes is deeply unappealing, he says. A bit like kissing an alsatian’s arse. Horribly hairy. It gives me a new respect for women
The occasion of the interview is the London premiere of Little Fish - which is already out on DVD in the US.
See Also:
• Pirates: Dead Man’s Ren Fest
• Rhys-Meyers, a Model Irish Actor
• The Irish Gay Icon Who Shot Michael Collins
• Loach Irish Film: A Personal Review
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