Director Steven Spielberg’s iconic blockbuster Jurassic Park celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer, though Laura Dern was recognized for a more recent role.
The 55-year-old actress, who recently revealed that she hopes her kids will be older than her if they decide to pursue acting, was promoting her new movie The Son last Friday on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she discussed a surreal experience in Hawaii.
The actress revealed that she was visiting a friend’s farm near some of the actual filming locations for Jurassic Park, where a young fan recognized her… from being in Taylor Swift’s Bejeweled music video that premiered in October.
Recognized: Director Steven Spielberg’s iconic blockbuster Jurassic Park celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer, though Laura Dern was recognized for a more recent role.
Video: The actress revealed she was visiting a friend’s farm near some of the actual filming locations for Jurassic Park, where a young fan recognized her…from being in Taylor Swift’s Bejeweled music video that premiered in October .
Kimmel joked that since “tens and tens of millions” of fans watched the music video for Bejeweled (currently with just over 40 million views on YouTube), more people may have seen it than the original Jurassic Park, which at the time it was the highest-grossing film of all time.
She added that Swift asked her to play the wicked stepmother in the Cinderella-themed music video, while the Haim sisters played the wicked stepsisters and Swift played Cinderella.
“Taylor asked me and it sounded like an amazing moment and I was blown away by what a great filmmaker he is, how prepared he was, how improvisational and fun he was. I had the time of my life, so it was amazing,” Dern said.
Jimmy: Kimmel joked that since ‘tens and tens of millions’ of fans watched the music video for Bejeweled (currently with just over 40 million views on YouTube), more people may have seen it than the original Jurassic Park. , which, at that time. It was the highest grossing movie of all time.
Stepmother: She added that Swift asked her to play the wicked stepmother in the Cinderella-themed music video, while the Haim sisters played the wicked stepsisters and Swift played Cinderella.
Filmmaker: ‘Taylor asked me and it sounded like an amazing moment and I was blown away by what a great filmmaker she is, how prepared she was, how improvisational and fun she was. I had the time of my life, so it was amazing,” Dern said.
He added, “When you do it, it’s this amazing, secluded experience of a fun day with your friend,” before explaining that he was recently at a friend’s organic farm in Oahu, Hawaii, near the original Jurassic Park filming locations. .
‘He was leaving his farm, and there’s a guided tour of the Jurassic Park sights with a little sign saying “Welcome to Jurassic Park.” And since I was after the beach and seeing our friends, we got in the car, and I’m standing right in front of the sign, and here comes a group of people,” Dern explained.
‘This girl comes running up to me and she’s like, “Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!” I was like… “I just want to be with my family, let’s not do all Jurassic Park.” [thing]She says, “Aren’t you the girl from the Taylor Swift video?” Dern said with a smile.
Farm: “He was leaving his farm and there’s a guided tour of the Jurassic Park sights with a little sign saying ‘Welcome to Jurassic Park.’ And when he was after the beach and seeing our friends, we got on the car, and I’m standing right in front of the sign, and here comes a group of people,” Dern explained.
Girl: ‘This girl comes running up to me and she’s like, “Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!” I was like… “I just want to be with my family, let’s not do all Jurassic Park.” [thing].” She says, “Aren’t you the girl from the Taylor Swift video?” Dern said with a smile.
Dern added, “it was amazing,” and the fan wanted, “a picture with me because he loves Taylor Swift, and there was Welcome to Jurassic Park right behind us.”
He also revealed how he helped convince one of his frequent collaborators, director David Lynch, to work with another director, Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg wanted Lynch to play another famous director, John Ford, in his new movie The Fablemans, but Lynch turned him down, leading Spielberg to turn to Dern and have her try to talk him into it.
Shocking: Dern added, “it was amazing,” and the fan wanted, “a picture with me because he loves Taylor Swift, and there was Welcome to Jurassic Park right behind us.”
Convince: He also revealed how he helped convince one of his frequent collaborators, director David Lynch, to work with another, director Steven Spielberg.
“I can’t take credit for the master Spielberg, but he had this David Lynch dream in the movie, and they both paid tribute to John Ford, which means a lot to both of us as filmmakers,” Dern said.
Kimmel mentioned that Lynch originally said no to the role before Spielberg called her and asked for her help.
“Yeah, and I had the time of my life, getting them together and maybe rooting for David to feel comfortable acting in this movie.” Just the idea of the two of them together paying tribute to Ford in that way, and it was an amazing scene in the movie,” Dern added.
Tribute: “I can’t take credit for the master Spielberg, but he had this dream of David Lynch in the movie, and both of them together paying tribute to John Ford, who means a lot to both of us as filmmakers,” Dern said.