Taika Waititi says Sam Neill’s death not ‘the end’: ‘I’ll see him in a bit’

Filmmaker Taika Waititi does not feel like the death of his friend and fellow actor Sam Neill is “the end of things”, and said: “I’ll see him in a bit.”Neill, famed for his role in the Jurassic Park franchise, died aged 78 in July, months after announcing he was cancer-free following treatment for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.The actor was a frequent collaborator with Waititi, with whom he developed a close bond, particularly over their shared New Zealand roots, after the two appeared in Hunt For The Wilderpeople together.Taika Waititi reflected on the recent death of his friend and collaborator Sam Neill (Yui Mok/PA)PA WireWaititi was flanked by fellow cast members from the comedy-adventure film as he attended an event in London on Thursday to commemorate its 10th anniversar