ion . ▁Some ▁fans ▁found ▁the ▁person ality ▁changes ▁of ▁Mal col m ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁movie ▁to ▁the ▁character ▁seen ▁in ▁The ▁Lost ▁World ▁to ▁be ▁somewhat ▁dr astic , ▁and ▁some ▁have ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁suff ers ▁from ▁post tra um atic ▁stress ▁dis order ▁after ▁his ▁trip ▁to ▁Jur ass ic ▁Park . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁film , ▁it ▁is ▁stated ▁that ▁Mal col m ▁has ▁been ▁married ▁several ▁times ▁and ▁has ▁three ▁children . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁children , ▁Kelly ▁Curt is , ▁appears ▁in ▁The ▁Lost ▁World : ▁Jur ass ic ▁Park . ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Before ▁Gold bl um ▁was ▁cast , ▁com edic ▁actor ▁Jim ▁Car rey ▁had ▁aud ition ed ▁for ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Ian ▁Mal col m . ▁The ▁film ' s ▁casting ▁director , ▁Jan et ▁Hir sch enson , ▁believed ▁that ▁Gold bl um ▁was ▁the ▁perfect ▁actor ▁for ▁the ▁role , ▁and ▁spoke ▁of ▁Car rey ' s ▁aud ition ▁saying ▁Car rey , ▁" was ▁ter r ific , ▁too , ▁but ▁I ▁think ▁pretty ▁quickly ▁we ▁all ▁loved ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁Jeff ." ▁A ctor ▁Camer on ▁Thor ▁had ▁initially ▁aud ition ed ▁for ▁Mal col m , ▁before ▁landing ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁D od g son . ▁Michael ▁Ke aton , ▁Bruce ▁Campbell , ▁Michael ▁J . ▁Fox , ▁Ted ▁Dans on , ▁Johnny ▁De pp ▁and ▁Steve ▁Gut ten berg ▁were ▁all ▁sc re ent ested ▁for ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Mal col m ▁as