His role (and his death) in Jaws made him a movie icon. In the prologue to Steven Spielberg’s film Twilight, Susan Becklin portrayed the first victim of a great white shark hunt in the waters off Amity Island in an unforgettable sequence that has haunted cinema since 1975. A former actor who excelled. Among the distinguished guests who will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the feature film next year, died at the age of 77 this Saturday, May 11, according to the specialist site. thedailyjaws.com.
He was the first…
In 1973, at the age of 27, Susan Becklin posed nude for a magazine issue. Penthouse. The following year, he sent a nude photo to production jaws / jaws He hoped to get a role and ended up getting the role of Chrissy Watkins, who was taken by a shark at the beginning of the feature film.
This memorable scene was filmed in three days with the actor clinging to a cable anchored to the seabed and then pulled up by technicians. Although she was not in any way affected by the process, Suzanne Becklin was not warned when the lifting would happen, thus causing authentic reactions in front of the camera. The rest of his interpretation, which still scares any viewer, is only due to the fact that his death has joined the death of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in Psycho in the pantheon of cinema.
Beyond this iconic moment, Susan Becklin is present on the movie poster, at least as a memorable one. A poster created by artist Roger Castell (who passed away a few months ago in November 2023) based on the novel’s original cover. Jaws By Peter Benchley (illustrated by Paul Bacon) featuring the slogan “He was the first / He was the first”. This poster accompanies the incredible career of the feature film, which is considered the first blockbuster in the history of cinema (two years before Star Wars).
Nod to Spielberg
Five years later, in 1980, Steven Spielberg It led to a parodic revision of his role in his comedy in 1941: at the beginning of the feature, when he is swimming alone in calm waters, he is “attacked” by the periscope of a Japanese submarine sailing in coastal waters. of Los Angeles.
Susan Becklin continued her career with several small roles, occasionally working as a stuntwoman and/or animal trainer, as in Animal Days (1977). He also appeared in several television series, most notably an episode of The Fall Guy in 1982, before becoming a computer accountant in Ventura County, California, where he lived…on a boat.
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