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The world is still mourning the tragic passing of Sam Neill, who passed away at St. Vincent’s Private Hospital in Sydney, Australia on July 13 after a battle with pneumonia. Best known for his role as Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park movies, Neill spent the better part of the last 30 years delivering iconic performances in movies and TV shows. He also earned widespread acclaim for his role as Inspector Chester Campbell in the first two seasons of Peaky Blinders. More recently, Neill had a key role alongside Eric Bana in the Netflix original crime thriller, Untamed, which was renewed for Season 2. It’s been confirmed that he will not reprise his role in Season 2, even though it was filmed earlier this year before his passing.
When any high-profile actor passes away, it’s only natural for fans to begin wondering what will be their final on-screen role. This afternoon, it was finally revealed when fans will see the late Sam Neill in a movie or TV show for the last time, when news broke that he will be part of the cast for The Legend of Zelda movie coming to theaters on April 30, 2027. Details about who he’ll play are unclear at this time, but it’s also been reported that both Yvonne Stahovski and Dichen Lachman have joined the cast in undisclosed roles as well. Strahovski is best known for her role opposite Elisabeth Moss in the Hulu original sci-fi series, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Lachman is famous for starring as Ms. Casey in Severance. She also played Soyona in Jurassic World: Dominion, which was the final time Sam Neill played Alan Grant in a Jurassic movie.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Who Else Stars In ‘The Legend of Zelda’?
Starring in the lead role of Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda is Bo Bragason, who recently had small roles in Sterling Point and King & Conqueror. Starring opposite Bragason as Link is Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, who can also currently be seen playing Daeron Targaryen in House of the Dragon Season 3. Derek Connelly wrote the script for The Legend of Zelda movie with Shigeru Miyamoto, T.S. Nowlin, and Takashi Tezuka, and Wes Ball directed the film. Ball is best known for his work on the Maze Runner trilogy, and he even helmed Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of The Legend of Zelda, which opens in theaters everywhere next year on April 30.
