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Dominique Hines

Steven Spielberg says he collapsed on set, shaking and gasping for air – ‘like a heart attack’

Steven Spielberg may have been directing a shark attack on screen, but behind the scenes, it was his body that felt under siege.

In a powerful new interview for Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, airing next month on National Geographic, the 78-year-old filmmaker has revealed that the gruelling production of the film left him so traumatised he thought he was “having a heart attack”.

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