A ‘Not Appropriate’ Dinosaur Sex Scene Almost Happened in JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

After nearly three decades away, Jurassic Park and Lost World writer David Koepp returned to the franchise to pen Jurassic World Rebirth. What new ideas did he come up with, and why after all those years? In a spoiler-heavy interview with IndieWire about Jurassic World Rebirth, Koepp said his kissy dinosaur scene was originally a much more graphic sex scene.

Koepp said it was “tricky” writing his dino mating scene because it wasn’t clear how far he should go. And at one point, he apparently went as far as he could. One draft, that he actually turned into the studio, he said he wrote, “They approach the dinosaurs in the field. Let’s just put it this way, they have eight legs between them, but only six are on the ground.”

If you want to take a moment to imagine what that dinosaur sex scene looks like, do it on your own time. We try to keep things family-friendly around here. Or, at least, that’s what we’re claiming to get past any dirty dino thoughts.

While Koepp (correctly) thought the dinosaur sex scene was very funny, he said it was ultimately inappropriate for the movie. But that doesn’t mean it will always be true. During his interview, he talked about how his Jurassic World Rebirth script used the raft scene from Michael Crichton’s original novel because, while he loved it, that was not something they could have done well in 1993. So who knows, in 30 years, when a Jurassic World screenwriter desperate to do something new with the franchise’s 37th installment might think a full-fledged dinosaur sex scene is more than appropriate.