Back battling prehistoric foes 30 years after the first film, the Oscar winner explains why apocalypse seems more likely than ever – and why men in power are the real dinosaurs
, there was a real sense that the industry might follow. The cast, the producers and the director, Colin Trevorrow, holed up in the Langley hotel, near Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, for five months, with a 107-page safety manual. They had a gym, a pool and Frisbee Sundays.“We lived together,” says Dern. “We made food together. We figured out what made us scared. We went through the presidential election together. It was a huge time.
Dern’s character, Dr Ellie Sattler, has moved from paleobotany to soil science. She is divorced and happy, unlike her old flame Dr Alan Grant , lonely with his fossils. “Ellie’s like: ‘This is amazing. It’s kind of sexy! I do whatever I want! I’m dating! My children are grown! I’m a major scientist effecting change!’”
All pretty topical, Dern thinks. Even pre-Covid, Trevorrow was sending her news stories about “genetically modified mosquitoes being released in Florida to help potential disease issues. A swarm of locusts seen over Kansas who weren’t eating certain seeds. I’m reading these articles and I’m like: we ain’t in science-fiction any more! Jurassic Park is an everyday story now! Other than a T rex walking down the street.
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