Poor Sam Neill just found out that the first dinosaur Alan Grant ever saw in Jurassic Park is dead
The Brachiosaurus sighting is one of the 1993 movie's most memorable scenes

Since the first Jurassic Park movie in 1993, paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant has been winning over audiences with his deep knowledge of dinosaurs. Over the years since he first started playing the role, Sam Neill has seemingly developed a similar affection for the creatures that are, thankfully, still extinct in our world.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the New Zealand-born actor was asked to look back at the iconic scene where Grant turns paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler’s head (Laura Dern) around when they arrive at the park and see a Brachiosaurus for the first time. Their portrayal of awe, alongside Jeff Goldblum as chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcolm, has made the clip memorable for nearly 30 years.
“I said to Steven [Spielberg], ‘Look, after a lifetime of imagining dinosaurs, to actually see a dinosaur, Alan Grant just might flat out faint,’” Neill recalls, noting that the scientist wouldn’t be much of an action hero. “And Steven said, ‘Yeah, okay.’ So that’s why you see me stagger around and I have to sit down and put my head between my legs.”