Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill: ‘He was radiating peace, beaming love’

The Piano director shares her memories of the actor on set – and the last time she saw him in hospital Sam Neill’s final interview and his life in pictures ‘A true gentleman’: actors, directors and leaders pay tribute to Sam Neill Neill interviewed in 2023, 2024 and 2026 Sam. So effortlessly handsome, and that rare thing in New Zealand and Australia: a movie star. My hands actually shook when I met him at a cafe in Vulcan Lane, Auckland, to discuss rehearsals. He had arrived, we all had,...

By Jane Campion