JURASSIC PARK--almost no Ian Malcolm

[dragon53]

TRIVIA---Jeff Goldblum said when he met Steven Spielberg to discuss JURASSIC PARK, Spielberg and his creative team originally wanted to remove Ian Malcolm from the movie by combining Malcolm with Alan Grant, "At that first meeting, [Spielberg] said, "Hey, you know, I wanted to meet you. You know, I've enjoyed what you've done. There's a current consensus and a faction, at least, in my group here, that thinks that the script should develop a little, and we may take your character out of it. And put that character that was in the book, Malcolm, and kind of meld it into the Grant character. So, you know, it's kind of one guy." I was, well, "Ooh, really?" [laughs] I've made a little pitch, you know, in my way, all off the top of my head. "I think you might enjoy having that character there, because- or I, you know, I'd be remiss before I left, if I didn't say that, I think, you know, you want somebody to-" whatever I said, you know. Not that that swayed him in any way, but luckily it wound up in the movie."

[acro-man]

Choice well made.
Ian and Grant differ from each other in many ways in the beginning. But suddenly, in the face of great danger they quickly reach agreement in some ways. Finally, when Grant finds the egg shells I think there's a "why haven't I met this guy earlier" friendship thought up in his head (judging from the smile).

But if the two were merge, we would have an all-rounder Grant, and all the fun were gone.