Thankfully Steven Spielberg made the right decision and kept Dr. Ian Malcolm in, because Jurassic Park might not have been celebrated without the eccentric flavor Jeff Goldblum brought to the dinosaur film.
Goldblum said he tried to make the case for the addition of Dr. Malcolm in Jurassic Park, but he doesn’t think it made a difference to their final decision to keep him in the movie.
In one of the special features accompanying the home release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (via Game Spot) called “Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation,” Jeff Goldblum explained this beside stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, writer and executive producer Colin Trevorrow and director J.A. Bayona, and Howard’s jaw literally dropped during his recount.