Richard Dreyfuss Criticizes Broadway Show "The Shark Is Broken" for Misrepresenting His Friendship with Robert Shaw

Dreyfuss alleges inaccuracies in “The Shark Is Broken,” suggest show's creators, including Steven Spielberg and Carl Gottlieb, spread feud rumors, with Dreyfuss stating he was never consulted for his own character portrayal.

Richard Dreyfuss criticized the Broadway Play 'The Shark is Broken' for misrepresenting his relationship with the late actor Robert Shaw during the filming of 'Jaws'. He insists they were friends, not adversaries as the play suggests.
The actor also expressed dissatisfaction with the portrayal of his own character as a 'fool,' calling the experience of watching the play 'pretty awful.'
Dreyfuss alleges that the feud rumors surrounding him and Shaw originated from 'Jaws' director Steven Spielberg and co-screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, although he maintains friendly relations with both.
Ian Shaw, the son of Robert Shaw and a co-writer of 'The Shark is Broken', was criticized for not consulting Dreyfuss for context and background while framing his character for the play.
Dreyfuss highlighted that the only intense on-set conflict he had with Shaw was when he threw Shaw's glass of bourbon overboard, resulting in Shaw retaliating by spraying him with a hose — a situation he insists was not a feud.
While Dreyfuss praised Spielberg's talent as a director, he expressed disappointment in Spielberg's behavior as a friend, partly due to their apparent roles in circulating the feud rumors