Richard Dreyfuss Had A 'Pretty Awful' Time Seeing Broadway Play About 'Jaws'

Richard Dreyfuss has gone on the attack over his depiction in The Shark Is Broken, a Broadway show about the making of Steven Spielbergs Jaws .

Dreyfuss, who played marine biologist Matt Hooper in the 1975 thriller, said in a Thursday story by Vanity Fair that he attended the comedy-drama to see if it really was gonna hurt before confirming just that.

The Oscar winner complained that The Shark Is Broken portrayed a feud between himself and fellow actor Robert Shaw, who played shark hunter Quint in the film. Dreyfuss said their real-life friendship never hit rough waters, adding that theyd just make lighthearted jabs at one another to make the hours go better, faster.

If you only saw us on the set, then you might think that there was something a feud that was going on but it was never real, said Dreyfuss, suggesting that Spielberg and co-screenwriter Carl Gottlieb had spread rumors of a conflict.

Dreyfuss was also not happy that the play showed him as a fool.

They didnt do that to Roy, and they didnt do that to Robert. And that hurt because it wasnt true, Dreyfuss said, referring to Roy Scheider, another Jaws star.

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