Laura Dern says joining Jurassic World stars was a ‘privilege’

Jurassic World: Dominion sees Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Dern reprise the roles they first played nearly 30 years ago in the original 1993 film.

Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the film will also see the return of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, along with new cast members.

Dern, who returned as Dr. Ellie Sattler, said that returning to the franchise was “amazing.”

She said: ‘This is family and certainly for Jeff, Sam and I, and Steven Spielberg, we became a family all those years ago.

“And now joining this new family with Colin at the helm and of course Chris and Bryce, and now having the incredible DeWanda (Wise) and Mamoudou (Athie) with us, so many incredible actors, it really has been a great privilege. . .’

The film had started production when the pandemic began and was one of the first to return once restrictions were relaxed.

Dern said the entire crew got a chance to really bond during this time, as they had to live together while filming as part of Covid safety precautions.

He praised the cast and crew for what they sacrificed to ensure production on the film could be completed, to help revive the industry, recalling how Goldblum played piano for the crew and had music and game nights together.

She added: ‘We had an amazing family experience, eating, sharing and looking after each other.

“Bryce and I had to be away from our families for a long time and from all the sacrifices everyone was making at work. Some much bigger than this, of course, like our frontline workers.

He confessed that “there’s hardly a part of acting that excites me more than working with actors”, admitting to feeling “a little dazzled and enamored by creative suitors and actors”.