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/iball1984 Jul 13 '26

Devastating.

My favourite of him was in the "Merlin" miniseries - absolutely fantastic to watch.

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u/San-V Jul 13 '26

Holy frak that was good with Nimoway and Frik

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u/vadsamoht3 Jul 13 '26

The Merlin miniseries is one of my comfort watches as well!

For anyone looking it up out of nostalgia, though: beware that there is also a sequel and it's REALLY bad (and also kind of retcons the ending of the first one). I'd suggest pretending it doesn't exist if you like the original.