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Why Spielberg Cast Wayne Knight in Jurassic Park

Actor Wayne Knight visits SiriusXM Studio on November 30, 2011 in New York City.
Actor Wayne Knight visits SiriusXM Studio on November 30, 2011 in New York City. Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Recounts Knight to the AV Club: “My agent got a call and goes, ‘Are you sitting down? Steven Spielberg wants you to do Jurassic Park.’ And I said, ’What?’ Apparently, he’d seen me in Basic Instinct and said, ‘I see him in close-ups, sweating, only instead of open legs, it’s a dinosaur.’”

Why Spielberg Cast Wayne Knight in Jurassic Park