Editing Jaws (film) (section)

===Casting===
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! style="text-align: left;" | Actor
! style="text-align: left;" | Role <!-- or "Character" -->
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| {{sortname|Roy|Scheider}}
| Chief Martin Brody
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| {{sortname|Robert|Shaw|Robert Shaw (actor)}}
| Quint
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| {{sortname|Richard|Dreyfuss}}
| Matt Hooper
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| {{sortname|Lorraine|Gary}}
| Ellen Brody
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| {{sortname|Murray|Hamilton}}
| Mayor Larry Vaughn
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| {{sortname|Carl|Gottlieb}}
| Meadows
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| {{sortname|Jeffrey|Kramer}}
| Deputy Leonard Hendricks
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| {{sortname|Susan|Backlinie}}
| Chrissie Watkins
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| {{sortname|Lee|Fierro}}
| Mrs. Kintner
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| {{sortname|Peter|Benchley}}
| Interviewer
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Though Spielberg complied with a request from Zanuck and Brown to cast known actors,<ref name=jawschap3/> he wanted to avoid hiring any big stars. He felt that "somewhat anonymous" performers would help the audience "believe this was happening to people like you and me", whereas "stars bring a lot of memories along with them, and those memories can sometimes&nbsp;... corrupt the story."<ref name=biskind265/> The director added that in his plans "the superstar was gonna be the shark".<ref name=inside_story>{{Cite video | people = Pangolin Pictures| title = Jaws: The Inside Story | medium = Television documentary | publisher = [[The Biography Channel]] | date = June 16, 2010}}</ref> The first actors cast were [[Lorraine Gary]], the wife of Universal president, [[Sidney Sheinberg]], as Ellen Brody,<ref name=jawschap3>{{cite video|first=Laurent|last=Bouzereau|title=A Look Inside Jaws|type=''Jaws'': 30th Anniversary Edition DVD (2005)|year=1995|publisher=Universal Home Video|trans-title="Casting "}}</ref> and [[Murray Hamilton]] as the mayor of Amity Island.<ref>{{harvnb|Gottlieb|2005|p=56}}</ref> Stuntwoman-turned-actress [[Susan Backlinie]] was cast as Chrissie (the first victim) as she knew how to swim and was willing to perform nude.<ref name=inside_story/> Most minor roles were played by residents of [[Martha's Vineyard]], where the film was shot. One example was Deputy Hendricks, played by future television producer [[Jeffrey Kramer]].{{sfn|Nadler|2006|p=35}} [[Lee Fierro]] plays Mrs. Kintner, the mother of the shark's second victim Alex Kintner (played by Jeffrey Voorhees).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moreau |first1=Jordan |title=Lee Fierro, 'Jaws' Actor, Dies of Coronavirus at 91 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/lee-fierro-jaws-dead-dies-coronavirus-1234571541/ |access-date=April 12, 2020 |work=Variety |date=April 5, 2020 |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406070338/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/lee-fierro-jaws-dead-dies-coronavirus-1234571541/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The role of Brody was offered to [[Robert Duvall]], but the actor was interested only in portraying Quint.<ref name="McBride237">{{harvnb|McBride|1999|p=237}}</ref> [[Charlton Heston]] expressed a desire for the role but Spielberg felt that Heston would bring a screen persona too grand for the part of a police chief of a modest community.<ref>{{harvnb|McBride|1999|pp=236–237}}</ref> [[Roy Scheider]] became interested in the project after overhearing Spielberg at a party talk with a screenwriter about having the shark jump up onto a boat.<ref name="jawschap3"/> Spielberg was apprehensive about hiring Scheider, fearing he would portray a "tough guy", similar to his role in ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''.<ref name="McBride237"/>

Nine days before the start of production, neither Quint nor Hooper had been cast.<ref name=baer206>{{harvnb|Baer|2008|p=206}}</ref> The role of Quint was originally offered to actors [[Lee Marvin]] and [[Sterling Hayden]], both of whom passed.<ref name=jawschap3/><ref name="McBride237"/> Zanuck and Brown had just finished working with Robert Shaw on ''[[The Sting]]'', and suggested him to Spielberg.<ref name="Jackson20"/> Shaw was reluctant to take the role since he did not like the book but decided to accept at the urging of both his wife, actress [[Mary Ure]] and his secretary—"The last time they were that enthusiastic was ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''. And they were right".<ref name=time>{{cite magazine|title=Summer of the Shark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130202256/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C913189-1%2C00.html |archive-date=November 30, 2009 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913189-1,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 23, 1975 |access-date=November 9, 2011 }}</ref> Shaw based his performance on fellow cast member Craig Kingsbury, a local fisherman, farmer and legendary eccentric, who was cast in the small role of fisherman Ben Gardner.{{sfn|Nadler|2006|p=36}} Spielberg described Kingsbury as "the purest version of who, in my mind, Quint was" and some of his offscreen utterances were incorporated into the script as lines of both Gardner and Quint.<ref name=jawschap5/> Another source for some of Quint's dialogue and mannerisms, especially in the third act at sea, was Vineyard mechanic and boat-owner Lynn Murphy.<ref name=vingaz>{{cite news|url=http://vineyardgazette.com/news/2011/05/26/once-bitten-islanders-reveal-more-jaws|author=Brannen, Peter|access-date=July 7, 2015|newspaper=[[Vineyard Gazette]]|date=May 26, 2011|title=Once Bitten: Islanders Reveal More ''Jaws''|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011015/https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2011/05/26/once-bitten-islanders-reveal-more-jaws|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Taylor250">{{harvnb|Taylor|2012|pp=250–251}}</ref>

For the role of Hooper, Spielberg initially wanted [[Jon Voight]].<ref name="Jackson20">{{harvnb|Jackson|2007|p=20}}</ref> [[Timothy Bottoms]], [[Jan-Michael Vincent]], [[Joel Grey]], and [[Jeff Bridges]] were also considered for the part.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jan-michael-vincent-dead-airwolf-mechanic-star-was-73-1003490|title = Jan-Michael Vincent, Star of 'The Mechanic' and 'Airwolf,' Dies at 73|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = March 8, 2019|access-date = March 4, 2021|archive-date = March 4, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210304050228/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jan-michael-vincent-dead-airwolf-mechanic-star-was-73-1003490|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/oct/02/patterson.culture|title=Profile: Kevin Kline &#124; Movies &#124; the Guardian|work=The Guardian |date=October 2, 2004 |access-date=March 4, 2021|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604191016/https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2004/oct/02/patterson.culture|url-status=live |last1=Patterson |first1=John }}</ref><ref name="McBride236">{{harvnb|McBride|1999|p=236}}</ref> Spielberg's friend [[George Lucas]] suggested [[Richard Dreyfuss]], whom he had directed in ''[[American Graffiti]]''.<ref name=jawschap3/> The actor initially passed but changed his decision after he attended a pre-release screening of ''[[The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film)|The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'', which he had just completed. Disappointed in his performance and fearing that no one would want to hire him once ''Kravitz'' was released, he immediately called Spielberg and accepted the role in ''Jaws''. Because the film the director envisioned was so dissimilar to Benchley's novel, Spielberg asked Dreyfuss not to read it.<ref name="Roan30Years">{{cite news|last=Harvey|first=Neil|work=[[The Roanoke Times]]|title=30 years of 'Jaws'|url=http://www.roanoke.com/extra%5C25348.html|date=June 13, 2005|access-date=March 12, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104132211/http://www.roanoke.com/extra%5C25348.html|archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> As a result of the casting, Hooper was rewritten to better suit the actor,<ref name=baer206/> as well as to be more representative of Spielberg, who came to view Dreyfuss as his "alter ego".<ref name="McBride236"/>