20 Actors You Didn't Know Almost Starred In Jurassic Park Movies

8. Uma Thurman Tested For Dr Ellie Sattler

Jim Carrey Jurassic Park Header
Fine Line Features

Another one for the Ellie Sattler pile and another suggestion that Steven Spielberg intended Ellie Sattler to be a little younger than he comes across in the original film thanks to Laura Dern's performance.

Uma Thurman apparently tested for Sattler, presumably after the point Spielberg had already chosen Laura Dern as his number one. Inevitably, she didn't make it, moving instead on to Mad Dog And Glory and Pulp Fiction.

Would it have been a little more creepy to see Sattler as a viable love interest for Grant had she been played by Thurman or Applegate? In 1993, Sam Neill was pushing 47 and while he's a striking fellow, the idea of him flirting with a 22 or 23 year old who wants to make him settle down and have kids is a little jarring. Not exactly surprising, but jarring all the same.

Contributor
Contributor

WhatCulture's former COO, veteran writer and editor.