Jurassic Park fans feel so old as child star recreates iconic scene 30 years on

14 June 2023 , 08:07

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Jurassic Park fans feel so old as child star recreates iconic scene 30 years on

Ariana Richards was just 13 years old when she starred in Jurassic Park and she's left fans feeling very old as she celebrated the film's 30th anniversary.

The actress, now 43, played Lex Murphy who was the granddaughter of the park's eccentric owner John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough ).

To mark the special anniversary, Ariana teamed up with Jurassic World on TikTok to recreate her character's most famous scene.

In the film, Lex and her younger brother Tim Murphy ( Joseph Mazzello ) think they've managed to escape a Velociraptor attack and find themselves in the park's kitchen.

The children are faced with plenty of tasty desserts, but it seems they're not actually alone.

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Ariana Richards has recreated the famous scene (@jurassicworld/TikTok)

She was just 13 years old when she starred in the film (@jurassicworld/TikTok)

As Lex begins to tuck in to some green jelly, the camera zooms in on her and the spoonful of jelly wobbles as the Velociraptor's footsteps approach.

Taking to TikTok, Ariana looked terrified as she stood with a spoon of wobbling green jelly.

The post was captioned: "A duet 30 years in the making."

Fans were loving the throwback video, with many not realising just how old the film is.

"In a few days Jurassic Park will turn 30 years old," one fan commented as someone else replied: "Wait what no it isn't but it is. damn I'm old."

Jurassic Park was released 30 years ago (Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock)

"I saw the movie on VHS in 1994 I was 5 years old and I really liked the movie," another fan said.

A fourth person commented: "30 years is wild."

"My mom was pregnant with me when they went to see Jurassic park. They saw the name Ariana in the credits and loved it so they named me Ariana," another fan reminisced.

Ariana briefly reprised her role in the 1997 sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Since then, she has moved away from acting to focus on her work as an artist.

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In total, there are six feature-length Jurassic movies - three Jurassic Park films and three Jurassic World films. The dinosaur world also includes two short films and an animated Netflix series.

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