Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp reveals how he almost tried to cut Jeff Goldblum's character Ian Malcolm from the 1993 movie's original script.
Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp has revealed that he originally attempted to cut Jeff Goldblum’s role of Dr Ian Malcolm from the movie's script. Based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel, Goldblum’s character joined Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler in order to provide an early assessment of the Jurassic Park attraction on the island of Isla Nublar.
My first draft I didn't have Jeff Goldblum's character. I turned it in and I told [director] Steven [Spielberg] before I started, 'That guy's gotta go. I can't do it, it's too hard,' you know? [Laughs] 'He's just talking for pages at a time about esoteric scientific concepts, he's gotta go.
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