Speaking on Michael Ball’s BBC Radio 2 show, he said: “I called Cubby Broccoli twice, and after Jaws which was such a huge success, I thought ‘Hey people are giving me final cut now.’
However, the Jurassic Park director has revealed he was rejected by producers not once, but twice.
Spielberg, whose Roald Dahl adaptation The BFG is released in the UK this Friday, approached Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli in 1975 fresh from finding blockbuster success with Jaws.
So I called up Cubby and offered my services but he didn’t think I was right for the part.”