Sam Neill clarifies most cancers information: ‘I’m alive and properly’
Sam Neill has reassured followers that he’s “alive and well” and cancer-free after his current Stage 3 lymphoma prognosis induced a panic on social media.
In an Instagram publish, the “Jurassic Park” star clarified that his most cancers has “been in remission for eight months, which feels really good.” Although the Guardian reported that key element on Friday, headlines about Neill’s most cancers battle sparked widespread concern for the 75-year-old actor nonetheless.
“My news seems to be all over the news at the moment, and it’s sort of ‘Cancer! Cancer! Cancer!’ Which is slightly tiresome because as you see, I am … alive and kicking,” Neill wrote Saturday on Instagram.
“Let’s not worry too much about ‘all that’ because I’m fine. Okay!”
Neill additionally shared a video expressing the identical sentiment for good measure.
On Friday, the two-time Emmy nominee revealed in an interview with the Guardian that he was recognized with Stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma — a blood most cancers — shortly after he skilled swollen glands whereas selling the 2022 movie “Jurassic World Dominion.” Neill is ready to handle the illness because of a chemotherapy drug he’ll proceed taking each month for the remainder of his life, in keeping with the Guardian.
“Those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends,” he instructed the Guardian. “Just pleased to be alive.”
“I’m not afraid to die,” he added, “but it would annoy me. Because I’d really like another decade or two. … I’ve got my lovely little grandchildren. I want to see them get big.”
A day after the Guardian story got here out, Neill lamented that the ensuing information cycle targeted a lot on his well being scare when “the main thing” he wished to announce was his forthcoming memoir, “Did I Ever Tell You This?” Although he maintains that it isn’t a “cancer book,” the “Peaky Blinders” actor did pen the memoir whereas he was present process remedy and “suddenly couldn’t go to work.”
“I was very nervous, obviously as a first time author,” Neill mentioned Saturday on Instagram.
“The tone of the book is one of surprise. I never thought that I would have a career as an actor, let alone an actor on screen. But that’s kind of what happened and I am full of gratitude looking back on this life, and that’s what the book is about. I hope you enjoy it.”
Neill’s “Did I Ever Tell You This?” is scheduled for launch Thursday. The performer additionally plugged the upcoming restricted collection “Apples Never Fall,” starring him and Annette Bening, which begins taking pictures in per week.
“I’m very happy to be going back to work,” Neill mentioned.