Richard Dreyfus shares rare post explaining why he originally turned down Jaws
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Richard Dreyfuss has shared a rare post to explain why he initially turned down Jaws. Now, sharing the trailer of Jaws’ 3D re-release, Dreyfuss, 74, addressed this detail, revealing that he originally said no as he didn’t want to “have to shoot it”. Eventually I came to my senses.” “It only took a few weeks into production to realise that Steven was a genius and he was going to change the world,” Drefuss continued, adding in memory of his co-stars: “RIP Rob & Roy.” Shaw dies three years after Jaws was first released, while Scheider died in 2008. Richard Dreyfus shares post about ‘Jaws’ in celebration of re-release Jaws follows the efforts of three men who hunt a man-eating great white shark that is attacking beachgoers at a summer resort town.
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