It’s been 42 years since Harrison Ford first played Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
And incredibly it’s also been 15 years since the last outing, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which isn’t as fondly remembered by fans as the original 1980s trilogy.
Nevertheless, the Hollywood legend is back for a fifth and final adventure with Indy set 1969 and once again sees him bashing Nazis.
On the long delay for Indiana Jones 5, which is the first in the series not to be directed by Steven Spielberg, the 80-year-old told Digital Spy: “Well, it wasn’t as though we sat around for 10 years waiting to come up with an idea. When we finished the last film, I don’t think anybody thought about going and doing another film for some time.
“And then there were some interesting ideas that were floated. But they didn’t quite gel over a period of time. And then we found an idea, and a script, and a strong story that we wanted to tell.”
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Ford said of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: “I’m very happy with the story that we’re telling.
“We’re coming to the end of Indiana Jones’ time on the planet, and I wanted to see a conclusion of his story that accommodated the reality of his age, and what that effect has on this person that we’ve come to know over the years.”
The action star also spoke out on his final day on set playing Indy, a part he is now saying goodbye to after almost half a century.
Ford said of his final day on set: “The feeling I had is the feeling you have when you’ve made something, and you can look at it, or you can remember having made it, [and having] the satisfaction of putting work in, and getting something worthy out of it. I felt a sense of peace, a sense of contentment, that this particular job that [James Mangold] and I and all the other people involved had done together, was concluded in a way that really felt satisfying to me. It is my hope that others find it as satisfying as I did.”
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hits UK cinemas on June 28, 2023.
Read the full interview with Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Digital Spy website.
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