The improvised Roy Scheider line that changed jaws forever

If you ask someone to quote a quote from “Jaws”, they’ll probably say, “You’re going to need a bigger boat”. The lines arrive shortly after Chief Brody first sees the man-eating shark up close. It has since grown into one of the most famous film series of all time – and even came in third in Hollywood reporter list of the best movie quotes of all time. It turns out the line has an interesting story behind it.

In an interview with THR, writer Carl Gottlieb explained that this happened during the rewrites of the film and reflected their “real problem” of having a boat too small to carry all of the necessary equipment while filming in it. ‘ocean. He said, “[Richard] Zanuck and [David] Brown were very stingy producers, so everyone was telling them, “You’re going to need a bigger boat. It became a slogan for every time something went wrong – if lunch was late or the swell made the camera shake, someone would say, “You’re going to need a bigger boat.”

Due to the ongoing joke, lead actor Roy Scheider began to adapt him in different scenes during filming, including the moment that brought him into the movie. Gottlieb concluded, “It was so fitting and so real and it happened at the right time, thanks to the editing of Verna Field.”