Jurassic World Dominion star Jeff Goldblum has a little black book… of Ian Malcolm quotes.
During an interview with Empire Magazine, the 69-year-old actor revealed that he had a book of Ian Malcolm lines with him while shooting the upcoming Jurassic World sequel.
“I have a book!” he revealed. Penned by himself, it’s an encyclopedia of potential Ian Malcolm lines. “Oh boy, I have a ton of them,” he continued. “I’ll just tell you one… We’re on a computer trying to fix something or other, and somebody says, ‘Uh-oh, it’s started flashing Error 99.’ And before Mamoudou [Athie]’s character comes in and explains, I was gonna slip in, very quickly, the line, ‘Error 99? Is it Barbara Feldon?’”
That err… well… you have to be a fan of Get Smart to get that one.
“Now, Barbara Feldon was an agent in Get Smart, a television series from 1962 or something, who played Agent 99,” he explained. “So, a lot of my ideas have to do with references that are totally irrelevant and of no interest or amusement to anybody who could possibly be watching a movie, and inappropriate to the scene. But it tickled me.”
I guess the puns will uhhh… find a way.
“I have never seen anyone pitch more dialogue than Jeff Goldblum,” said co-star Bryce Dallas Howard. “He literally had this piece of paper with these incredible one-liners, and he’d cross them out through the day. You know, some of them will make it in and some of them won’t. But a scene is not a scene without a Jeff Goldblum button.”
Of course, Goldblum is renowned for his witty one-liners and distinctive screen presence. The fact that he has a little Ian Malcolm book of zingers should come as no surprise… and yet.
“He would always bring extra things in his book that, yes, were often references to 1940s musicals, but he’s both hilarious and very powerful,” said director Colin Trevorrow. “It’s not just a comedy role. It’s the power of his presence in this movie that I love the most.”
Jurassic World Dominion’s Gigantosauras was recently revealed in a new image, and while the beast is huge, the film is even bigger with the longest runtime of a Jurassic World film yet.
Jurassic World Dominion stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard alongside BD Wong, Omar Sy, Mamoudou Athie, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern.
Colin Trevorrow directed the movie based on a script he co-wrote with Derek Connolly and Emily Carmichael. Alexandra Derbyshire, Steven Spielberg, and Colin Trevorrow are executive producers with Winston Azzopardi, Patrick Crowley, Charlie Endean, Annys Hamilton, Frank Marshall, and Tim Wellspring on board as producers.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
