10 Problems That Made Movies Better

10. Bruce Has A Breakdown - Jaws

It's mind-boggling to think that, for a time, the producers behind Steve Spielberg's game-changing blockbuster Jaws wanted to train an actual great white shark to be used in the movie.

Ultimately, common sense prevailed and animatronic fishes were opted for instead. However, these bad boys, by the name of 'Bruce', would end up giving the director a bigger headache than he'd expected.

The minute the crew plopped the first Bruce into the sea, the robotic shark sank to the bottom, a result of no-one bothering to check if salt water would have a different effect on the machine to fresh water coming into the shoot. Frequent malfunctions and the overall unresponsiveness of the contraptions soon forced the director to think on his feet. His answer: rely on the audience's imagination instead.

In shooting scenes of the shark picking off its prey from the POV of the terrifying fish, accompanied by John Williams' unmistakable score, Spielberg was able to simultaneously gloss over an unreliable animatronic and brilliantly build up to its eventual reveal.

Had Bruce been a little more-co-operative, would Jaws have really made us afraid to go into the water?