Award-winning director Steven Spielberg regrets creating Jaws because he thinks it sparked a rampage of shark attacks.
According to aceshowbiz.com, the filmmaker, who gained notoriety with this fish-themed horror movie from 1975, admitted that he despises the portrayal of sharks as man-eaters in the movie.
He admitted to being afraid that “sharks are somehow upset at me” on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs and expressed concern about the recent wave of shark attacks by fishers following the release of Jaws.
“I honestly, and to this day, regret the annihilation of the shark population because of the book and the film,” he said, adding that the movie was partially to blame for a “feeding frenzy” of “mad fisherman” that occurred after 1975.
In order to track down a man-eating great white shark that has been causing problems for beachgoers in the summer resort town, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) enlists the aid of a marine researcher and a professional shark hunter. The 1974 novel of the same name by Peter Benchley, who later became a shark environmentalist, served as the inspiration for the film Jaws.
