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What happened on Jaws that made Richard Dreyfuss never work for Universal Pictures again?

Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws

Richard Dreyfuss refused to ever work for Universal Pictures ever again after making Jaws because the studio never paid him or his co-stars any bonuses, despite the movie banking millions at the box office.

The 78-year-old actor played oceanographer Matt Hooper in Steven Spielberg's 1975 iconic great white shark thriller, but he flatly refused to appear in the first sequel or any other Universal movie in the last 50 years.

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