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Roy Scheider Had a Long and Successful Career
Roy Scheider has had a long history of successful movies in Hollywood. Scheider was seen as a leading man throughout the seventies and early eighties. He was nominated for a Best Leading Actor Oscar for the 1980 movie All That Jazz and for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the 1975 movie The French Connection. Scheider was also well known for his TV work, most notably in the science fiction series SeaQuest DSV, which saw him return to an underwater role. It was a role he was nervous about taking, however, the show became a fan favorite and, although expensive to produce, was well received by critics and fans alike.
Scheider is probably best known for his role in Jaws, where he uttered the famous and often misquoted line, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” He later reprised his role in the second Jaws film.
Beautiful Blue Eyes marks the first time Scheider has appeared on-screen since 2009’s Iron Cross, and it is a reworking of that film. Iron Cross had to be completed without Scheider as he passed away while the film was still being produced. He had completed the scenes for the film however technical issues required scenes to be reshot without him. Beautiful Blue Eyes will allow the story to be told the way it should have been with Scheider’s full involvement.
