Steven Spielberg had his first major triumph with his film Jaws, but says he ‘truly regrets’ the ‘decimation of the shark population’ following the success of the 1975 film 🎥
, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, boasted an iconic theme from composer John Williams and also delivered stone-cold classic movie one-liners like ‘We’re gonna need a bigger boat’.
He was speaking to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs on Sunday to discuss his career and new semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, when he made the admission.It starred Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw He added: ‘I truly and to this day regret the decimation of the shark population because of the book and the film. I really, truly regret that.’
Discussing the making of the film, Spielberg admitted he had initially thought the project would be the ‘most self-indulgent thing I’ve ever asked people to accompany me through’.
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