The Jaws character, played by Richard Kiel, makes a return, although in "Moonraker" the role is played more for comedic effect than in "The Spy Who Loved Me". Jaws was intended to be a villain against Bond to the bitter end, but director Lewis Gilbert stated on the DVD documentary that he received so much fan mail from small children saying "Why can't Jaws be a goodie not a baddie", that as a result he was persuaded to gradually transform Jaws into Bond's ally by the end of the film.