10 behind the scene secrets of Indiana Jones

[mitchedwards]

Indiana Jones: 10 behind-the-scenes facts you may not have known

by Iain Gray, Arts and Features Editor Online
Last Updated: 11:46am BST 22/05/2008


Tom Selleck could have been Indiana Jones
Almost Indiana: Selleck

1. Tom Selleck was George Lucas's original choice for the role but had to turn it down due to his commitment to the US TV series Magnum PI.

2. Indiana Jones was actually Indiana Smith until the first day of shooting.

3. The famous scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indy shoots the man dramatically wielding a scimitar was improvised by Harrison Ford. It is rumoured he was suffering from piles and didn't want to do the extended fight scene that was planned.

4. Sean Connery, who played Indy's father in The Last Crusade, is only 12 years older than Harrison Ford.

Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Father and Son: Connery and Ford

5. Renowned British wrestler and Auf Wiedersehen Pet star Pat Roach was killed twice in Raiders of the Lost Ark (as a Sherpa in the bar fight and as the Nazi pugilist who meets the wrong end of a propeller) and is pushed into a rock crusher in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

6. Harrison Ford got his distinctive chin scar in a car crash in his 20s.

7. R2-D2 and C3PO, the robots from Star Wars, can be seen in the hieroglyphics in the Well of Souls in Raiders of the Lost Ark.


Indiana Jones and his trademark fedora
Real deal: Indy and his fedora

8. The "chilled monkey-brains" in Temple of Doom were actually made from custard and raspberry sauce.

9. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas play missionaries in the airport at the start of Temple of Doom.

10. Indiana Jones' horse in The Last Crusade was also John Rambo's horse in Rambo III.

[Bo8a_Fett]

3. thought it was a touch of the Dehli belly..not piles

[spiderrogue]

i love trivia like this...if you goto
imdb.com..and search for just about any movie, there usually is stuff like this in the listings....some amazing stuff to learn about your fav. movie....

[saildog]

Great list.

Piles....that's funny! Haven't thought of that term in years (thankfully!).

[toys2cool]

Indiana Smith?

[saildog]

You know...I've always wondered about the "what if Tom Selleck had played Indy?" scenario. There is much to be considered when answering that question and not all of it is bad. I mean, I believe he could have pulled it off to some degree, but how different would it have been (especially considering the ad-lib in the "pull gun on sword-weilding baddy scene. That was a huge piece of Indy lore that would have been missing.)?

Selleck has his good points, too but, in retrospect, it is hard to imagine Indy apart from Harrison Ford in the role.

I guess my question to the board is: "Can you imagine the franchise having any success if Selleck had played Indy?"

[JPkempo]

http://www.eeggs.com/items/1359.html
C3po and R2D2 photo

[Meule]

Hey, those are cool facts, I love stuff like this

[monkey tennis]

Great list.

Piles....that's funny! Haven't thought of that term in years (thankfully!).

In England we call them

Farmer Giles

[mitchedwards]

You know...I've always wondered about the "what if Tom Selleck had played Indy?" scenario. There is much to be considered when answering that question and not all of it is bad. I mean, I believe he could have pulled it off to some degree, but how different would it have been (especially considering the ad-lib in the "pull gun on sword-weilding baddy scene. That was a huge piece of Indy lore that would have been missing.)?

Selleck has his good points, too but, in retrospect, it is hard to imagine Indy apart from Harrison Ford in the role.

I guess my question to the board is: "Can you imagine the franchise having any success if Selleck had played Indy?"

In the later years of magnum PI, there was an episode where Magnum had to go on a hunt for an artifact. In that episode he wore a outfit that almost made him look like Indy.

The whole story was written as a nod to Steven Spielburg about Sellek not playig Indiana Jones

[LadyZod]

Had Tom Sellek played Indy.... would Burt Reynold have played his father?

[Mego Milk]

Dr. Smith?
Wasn't he from Lost In Space?

You call him Dr. Jones, doll.