Sybylla Melvyn was played by Judy Davis in the original movie, while Philippa Northeast will take on the role in the upcoming series.<\/p>\n
Chung was on the set of Slow Horses when he found out he\u2019d been cast.<\/p>\n
He recalled: \u201cThe first person that I told was Aimee-Ffion Edwards, who plays Shirley Dander, and Ruth Bradley, because they knew how much I wanted the job. We were in between takes when my agent called to tell me. <\/p>\n
\u201cI came back in, and they were like, \u2018Who was that?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Guys, I got the job,\u2019 and they flipped out. It was just such a beautiful moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The role has a special significance to Chung, who described his casting as \u201can albatross\u201d.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cTo see an East Asian leading romantic part that\u2019s in a period piece, that\u2019s in Australia is \u2013 it\u2019s an albatross. You never see them.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo step into these shoes in such a profound way and to take on that part \u2013 from reading the initial breakdown, that was something that I really wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neill died on July 13 aged 78, and his manager Philip Grenz later confirmed his cause of death was pneumonia.<\/p>\n
He also revealed the Jurassic Park legend\u2019s family will be holding a \u201cprivate\u201d memorial rather than any kind of public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Sam was an intensely private man who loathed a fuss, his family will honour him with a private family memorial at his farm in New Zealand at a still-undetermined later date.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank those who were truly close to Sam for considering his privacy with the respect he earned and his loved ones need and deserve during this immeasurably difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neill\u2019s death was announced by his family in a statement posted on his social media account.<\/p>\n
They said: \u201cIt is with immense sadness that the whanau [family] of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday July 13, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neill\u2019s loved ones voiced their \u201cdeepest gratitude\u201d to the medical staff who cared for him, and promised \u201cmore details will be shared\u201d at a later date.<\/p>\n
The post continued: \u201cThey would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent\u2019s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sybylla Melvyn was played by Judy Davis in the original movie, while Philippa Northeast will take on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6946,204014,9420,2046,16426,63947,156,2082,6637,293,4977,18461,111,139,69,112368,12860,205,18460,8485,1361],"class_list":["post-567261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actors","tag-blessing","tag-brilliant","tag-career","tag-christopher","tag-chung","tag-entertainment","tag-for","tag-gave","tag-his","tag-my","tag-neill","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-remake","tag-revealed","tag-role","tag-sam","tag-sir","tag-that"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}