20 Things You Didn't Know About Jaws 3D

6. Jennifer Jason Leigh Auditioned

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Lea Thompson was the lucky girl to land Kelly Ann Bukowski, but the role was up in the air for a while. Of the actresses who read for the part, Vic Morrow's daughter Jennifer Jason Leigh tried her hand. Who's to say what impact it would have had on cinema had she landed the role - would she would have been Michael J. Fox's mom or would it just be the footnote that it is?

One thing is certain, Leigh was pretty dedicated to avoiding dealing with her father's death on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie in a helicopter crash. A year before Jaws 3D, Morrow lost his head some say due to director John Landis' irresponsibility on-set. He was cleared of involuntary manslaughter, and Leigh refuses to discuss it in public. She was alright a rising star on her own, taking the lead in the teen hit Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

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