Yahoo Finance 'Jurassic Park' star Sam Neill tells fans to 'not worry too much' following cancer revelation and says that he is in remission: 'I'm alive and kicking'
"Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill has told his fans not to worry "too much" about his health.
"I am alive and well and I have been in remission for eight months," he told his Instagram followers.
The 75-year-old actor was diagnosed with a rare type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2022.
Sam Neill has said that he is eight months in remission following his stage 3 blood cancer diagnosis.
In an interview with The Guardian published on Friday to promote his upcoming memoir, "Did I Ever Tell You This?" the 75-year-old actor revealed he is being treated for a rare type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The outlet reported that Neill, best known for playing Alan Grant in the "Jurassic Park" franchise, first "experienced swollen glands during publicity for 'Jurassic World Dominion' in March last year and was soon diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma."
Posting to Instagram on Saturday, the day after his diagnosis was made public, Neill told his fans to "not worry too much" about his health as he has been in remission for eight months.
"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 well," he said in the video. "I have been in remission for eight months, which feels really good."
Neill added that he has returned to acting, and filming for his latest television project, "Apples Never Fall," which is based on the bestselling book by "Big Little Lies" author Liane Moriarty, will begin soon. The series also stars Annette Bening, Alison Brie, and Jake Lacy.
"I'm very happy to be going back to work," he said. "We start filming in seven days' time."
The actor expressed his dissatisfaction with the headline The Guardian had chosen for his interview, adding: "I just wish the headline wasn't 'that thing' so much because the main thing is that I have written this book — it's called 'Did I Ever Tell You This?' — and it does mention cancer because that's the sort of context in which I wrote it."
The interview was titled, "Sam Neill on his new memoir and living with blood cancer: 'I'm not afraid to die, but it would annoy me.'"
Neill went on to say that he "didn't really mean to write a book," but found himself looking for something to occupy himself with while undergoing treatment.
Following his diagnosis, Neill said he had two types of chemotherapy that eventually put his cancer in remission. He said he receives monthly treatments, which make him feel like a "shit house" for two days and affect his appetite.
"I'm not off the hook as such, but there's no cancer in my body," he told The Guardian.
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