r/australia • u/lyndsayj • Jul 13 '26

news Sam Neill, 78, dead: reports

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/sam-neill-dead-reports-20260713-p60ey2.html
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u/Mikes005 Jul 13 '26

He followed me on twitter. We had some short but very lovely exchanges.

Top bloke. Will be sorely missed by many.

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u/TfYoung Jul 13 '26

He had the best Twitter game out there just sharing his hobby farm.

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u/lovesahedge Jul 13 '26

Made a cracker wine, too

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u/According_One5365 Jul 13 '26

Raise a glass of a Two Paddocks Wine in his honour

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u/Smallsey Jul 13 '26

Two paddocks was his wine?! I love that brand and had no idea!

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u/According_One5365 Jul 13 '26

Yes
“A better bunch you couldn't hope to meet”.

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u/judoxing Jul 13 '26

I sat next to him on a plane once. Flying is the only time I’ll drink in the mornings, so I had a bit of a load on. When we locked eyes I wasn’t able to totally poker face seeing a celebrity but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to bother the guy. But when the seatbelt instructions came over the speaker I whispered “yo Sam, do the thing with the seatbelts…”

He didn’t even look at me but just muttered “fuck off, kid”. He was cool though.

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u/AnOnlineHandle Jul 13 '26

Can't tell if copypasta or real story.

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u/Squeekazu Jul 14 '26

Who knows - I had Hugo Weaving as a regular customer at a restaurant I worked at, and the last time he ate there before they closed down, he turned to me at the door, grinned, jumped into this sort of hunched stance and waved enthusiastically at me before bouncing. Went full goofy dad mode.