Jurassic World Dominion: Laura Dern on the Ellie and Alan Relationship

Last we saw Laura Dern’s Ellie Sattler on screen was in Jurassic Park III when she was home sweet home with her family working on a book. She was able to pitch in by calling for help from the mainland just when Alan Grant (Sam Neill) needed it most while running for his life on Isla Sorna, but in Jurassic World Dominion she’s back in action full force. In fact, her expertise as a paleobotanist is needed now more than ever.  Jurassic World Dominion takes place four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar. Dinosaurs now live side by side with mankind throughout the globe. While some do what they can to protect these creatures out of time as they try to find safe places to live in the modern world, others use them and the bioengineering technology that recreated them for nefarious purposes. Check out this Jurassic World Dominion interview to hear all about Dern’s experience working on the new film compared to the 1993 original, and what she thinks about how Dominion handles the Ellie/Alan re