Richard Dreyfuss “hurt” by depiction as “jerk” in Jaws play

Richard Dreyfuss is none too happy about how he’s depicted within the play The Shark Is Damaged, in regards to the making of Jaws.

Hastily, Matt Hooper’s iconic quote – “I believe that I’m acquainted with the actual fact that you will ignore this explicit drawback till it swims up and bites you on the ass!” – is extra related for its speaker, as Richard Dreyfuss is now taking umbrage with a play in regards to the making of Jaws. Co-written by and starring Ian Shaw, son of the late Robert Shaw – who died simply three years after Jaws scared moviegoers in theaters (and out of the ocean) – The Shark Is Damaged is the most recent goal of Dreyfuss, who’s none too happy about his depiction and that of the supposedly makeshift feud between himself and Shaw.

Though it debuted in 2019 and Richard Dreyfuss even attended a efficiency, he isn’t too comfortable that Ian Shaw didn’t seek the advice of him on the making of Jaws; as a substitute, Shaw used his father’s diary as a reference. In a brand new Self-importance Truthful piece, Dreyfuss remembered, “It was fairly terrible…Ian—who has greater than any proper to write down no matter he needs—by no means referred to as me and stated, ‘Give me some background.’ Or, ‘Give me your tackle this and this.’ And so they simply determined to make my character an enormous jerk.” He added, “The issue is that they made my character the idiot…They didn’t do this to Roy, they usually didn’t do this to Robert. And that harm as a result of it wasn’t true.”

Richard Dreyfuss has been identified to have a fame as being a bit cantankerous and cranky as he will get older. And positive, he has had some on-set feuds (see: Bob?, What About) and there was some ribbing between Dreyfuss and Shaw on the set of Jaws, however you may’t simply throw Shaw’s bourbon over the facet of a ship and never anticipate to have a pissy co-star. Dreyfuss maintains that the supposed feud is simply a part of the rumor mill, now heightened by the play. However total Dreyfuss might have some extent: with each Shaw and Roy Scheider lifeless, why not seek the advice of the final dwelling member of the Orca crew?

Jaws, not surprisingly, remains to be Richard Dreyfuss’ highest-grossing film, adopted by one other Spielberg pairing, Shut Encounters of the Third Variety. Their third collaboration, 1989’s At all times, is mostly thought-about one of many director’s worst.

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