Remembering SAM NEILL who railed against 'constipated' anti-LGBTQ+ leaders

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Sam Neill, the rugged, versatile actor whose career spanned five decades and whose tousled hair and piercing blue eyes inspired many a crush, has died. He was 78.

Perhaps best known for his three appearances in the blockbuster Jurassic Park and Jurassic World film franchises, Neill was also outspoken about politics down under, from immigration to LGBTQ+ rights. As a straight ally of the LGBTQ+ community, he critiqued Australian politicians in 2016 for failing to enact same sex marriage in the face of overwhelming public support.

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Sam Neill called New Zealand home and maintained both a winery and a farm near his home in Central Otagoa, as Variety reported. He also had a deep, lifelong connection to Australia, often filming there and appearing on Australian television. A decade ago, during an October 2016 TV interview while on a break from filming Thor: Ragnarok on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Neill criticized the Australian parliament's indecisiveness on the issue of same-sex marriage.

"I can't believe we're talking about this at all," he told Nine News Today. "Sixty-four percent of Australians are for marriage equality, most politicians are for marriage equality. I don't think it's any business of anyone's who should get married and who shouldn't. Why don't they just get up and pass the bill? What's the matter with this constipated parliament?"

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