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Nicole Kidman paid tribute to her  friend for life  Sam Neill after his sudden death.

 He was one of the greats… A joy to be around. We met when I was just 18, and he took me under his wing and we stayed friends for life,  the actress told the Sydney Morning Herald in a statement Monday.

 He was charming, kind, funny, and intelligent. He will be greatly missed, and my heart goes out to his family. 

8 Nicole Kidman paid tribute to her  friend for life  and  Dead Calm  co-star Sam Neill after his sudden death. (The two are pictured here in the 1989 film.) Kennedy Miller/Kobal / Shutterstock

8  He was one of the greats… A joy to be around. We met when I was just 18, and he took me under his wing, the actress told the Sydney Morning Herald in a statement Monday.  Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

The duo, notably, starred together in the 1989 thriller  Dead Calm,  in which they played a married couple.

It was Kidman's breakout performance that catapulted her to international stardom and launched her Hollywood career.

30 years after their performance in the film, Kidman and Neill reunited at a  Big Little Lies  panel in 2019.

The two were joined by Laura Dern who was Neill's  Jurassic Park  co-star and Kidman's co-star in the HBO show.

8  He was charming, kind, funny, and intelligent. He will be greatly missed, and my heart goes out to his family,  Kidman concluded. MediaPunch / BACKGRID

8 30 years after Neill and Kidman co-starred in the film, they reunited at a  Big Little Lies  panel in 2019, as seen above. FilmMagic for HBO

Neill's family announced his death on Monday via Instagram.

 It is with immense sadness that the whānau [family] of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia,  the late actor's loved ones penned.

 Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterized his whole life,  the statement continued.  The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free. 

His family went on to  express their deepest gratitude t

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