Director Steven Spielberg initially didn’t consider casting Richard Dreyfuss within the function of Matt Hooper in his basic 1975 shark thriller Jaws. While Dreyfuss was good within the function, the filmmaker initially checked out casting the likes of Jon Voight, Timothy Bottoms, and Jeff Bridges.
During a latest interview with Vanity Fair, Spielberg opened up loads about Jaws and how he initially considered the movie as a sequel to Duel. He additionally talked about what led him to forged Robert Shaw within the function of Quint. When speaking about how Dreyfuss landed the function within the movie, Spielberg stated:
“Richard Dreyfuss was not my first choice either. I went to Jon Voight first, and he said no. I think we interviewed Timothy Bottoms as well as several other actors, including Jeff Bridges. I was a big fan of The Last Picture Show [1971]—I was going after everyone in the cast from that film, including Bottoms and Bridges. We got turned down or they weren’t available. These things happen all the time.”
He went on to say that Dreyfuss ended up within the film as a result of Spielberg was a fan of American Graffiti, and George Lucas advisable he use Dreyfuss:
“Richard Dreyfuss got the part because I loved [George Lucas’s] American Graffiti[1973]. George was the one who told me, ‘Why don’t you cast Ricky Dreyfuss?’ I sought a meeting with Richard, who said he was interested in seeing Jaws, but he wasn’t interested in being in it.”
It’s fairly loopy that Dreyfuss initially wasn’t involved in starring within the movie! But, Spielberg wasn’t taking no for a solution. He was hell-bent on forged Dreyfuss within the function. He stated:
“I was persistent, and [Jaws co-screenwriter] Carl Gottlieb, who knew Richard well, kept saying to him, ‘Come on, it will be fun.’ So, Richard accepted another meeting with me, and I talked him into it.”
Making a film like Jaws does look like it could be a ton of enjoyable! But, as everyone knows, the manufacturing ended up being a nightmare for Spielberg. Regardless of how onerous it was making the film, Dreyfuss and the remainder of the actors ended up giving superb performances!
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