Indiana Jones: Harrison Ford says no one else could play the iconic archaeologist
'This is a hell of a way to tell Chris Pine this'
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Your support makes all the difference.Harrison Ford has said no one should replace him as Indiana Jones.
The 76-year-old will reprise the iconic role in the forthcoming fifth film, which will be directed by Steven Spielberg.
Speaking on the Today show, Jones said: “Nobody else is gonna be Indiana Jones.
“Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones. When I’m gone, he’s gone. It’s easy… This is a hell of a way to tell Chris Pine this. I’m sorry, man”
Guardians of the Galaxy actor Chris Pratt has been rumoured to take over the role for a few years, not Star Trek actor Chris Pine. Perhaps Ford knows something we do not?
When Pratt’s name was first brought up, Ford joked: “I think it’s him or me.”
Indiana Jones 5 was initially meant to reach cinemas in 2020, but was later pushed back by Disney until 9 July 2021.
The delay was previously reported as being down to the creative team’s failure to sign off on a finished script. David Koepp (Jurassic Park) wrote the first draft, while Jonathan Kasdan – the son of Raiders of the Lost Ark screenwriter, Lawrence – looks set to come on board for a second draft.
The adventurer’s most recent adventure, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released in 2008, 19 years after the concluding part of the original trilogy, and was met with middling reviews.
George Lucas – who helped create the character – will executive produce the fifth instalment while John Williams will, once again, be on composing duties.
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