7. Quint Was Real!
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Robert Shaw did such a fantastic job playing the role of “Quint,” to the point that it’s one of the most memorable characters in the film, aside from “Bruce” the shark of course. And it turns out that Shaw had some help in creating the character, which he got from a local Martha’s Vineyard fisherman. The fisherman’s name was Craig Kingsbury, and he helped Shaw develop the proper accent used in the film. Kingsbury also told Shaw old stories of the sea that was later incorporated into some of Shaw’s improvised dialogue.