Steven Spielberg 'truly regrets' the decimation of the shark due to his blockbuster film Jaws

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Steven Spielberg said he 'truly regrets' the 'decimation of the shark population' following the success of his 1975 film Jaws.He joined Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs to discuss his successful directing career, including his latest project — a semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans.Spielberg, 75, is known for Hollywood blockbusters including ET, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park.

Shark bait: Steven Spielberg said he regrets the 'decimation of the shark population' after his 1975 blockbuster film Jaws came out; seen last week in Hollywood Big regret: The film followed a man-eating great white shark that attacked a seaside town in AmericaThe 1975 Oscar-winning thriller told the story of a man-eating great white shark that attacks a US seaside town, which prompted a rise in sports fishing across America.Asked by Laverne how he felt about having real sharks circling his desert island, he said: 'That's one of the things I still fear. 'Not to get eaten by a shark, but that sharks are somehow mad at me for the feeding frenzy of crazy sports fishermen that happened after 1975.'He added: 'I truly and to this day regret the decimation of the shark population because of the book and the film.

I really, truly regret that.' A grudge: Spielberg admitted that he thinks the sharks are somehow mad at him for the film; a young Spielberg on the set of Jaws Shark hunting: The film created a frenzy around shark hunting and resulted in the killings of many sharks; seen here (L to R) Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss Spielberg's latest film The Fabelmans tells the mostly true story of his own childhood and introduction to filmmaking in post-war America.The film, starring Paul Dano and Michelle Williams, has.