For more than four decades, Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has dutifully played the role of Dr. Henry Walter Jones Jr., more popularly known as Indiana Jones in the franchise of the same name. Thus, when it finally came time to say goodbye to the character in Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny, it would naturally have had a lasting impression on the star.
Memories were certainly created with the release of the film as fans said their final farewells to the franchise that pioneered the art of adventure films in the industry. But there’s one particular scene in the last film of the series that Ford may not remember too fondly, which was where the stuntmen were trying to get him on horseback, making him highly uncomfortable when he specifically didn’t want their assistance.
Harrison Ford Was Irritated When Stuntmen Were trying To Get Him On And Off A Horseback
It’s not an easy job to do physical stunts when you are an actor who has been in the film industry for almost half a century, especially in the later years of your life. But since Harrison Ford was supposed to play the role of an older version of Indiana Jones in the fifth and final film of the franchise, he didn’t want to hide his age in front of the camera.
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Thus, he didn’t want any assistance in doing physical work as much as he could afford, which was still an impressive feat at more than 80 years of age. Even still, the cast and crew were concerned about his safety, which is why during the scene where Jones is riding a horse through the streets of New York City during the 1969 ticker-tape parade, stuntmen were trying to get the Star Wars star off the horse by supporting him with their hands.
But despite this, the star still lashed out at them, specifically for the reason that he didn’t want to conceal his age and the movements of a man of his age getting on and off horseback. In an interview with Esquire, he said:
“I thought, ‘What the fu*k?’ Like I was being attacked by gropers. I look down and there’s three stunt guys there making sure I didn’t fall off the stirrup. They said, ‘Oh, we were just afraid because we thought, you know, and bah bah bah bah.’ And I said, ‘Leave me the fu*k alone…Leave me alone, I’m an old man getting off a horse and I want it to look like that!”’
This may not be a very fond memory to remember later, but it was still an experience that may have put things into perspective.
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Why Is The Indiana Jones Franchise So Beloved?
Ever since the release of the first film in the franchise, the Indiana Jones series became an icon in the adventure genre of films, and for very good reasons.
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Bringing the right amount of action, adventure, and a touch of the supernatural to the entire series was a masterstroke by director Steven Spielberg, which provided just the right amount of everything that made the series stand out. Along with that, the premise of each film was somehow different, yet familiar at the same time, which managed to retain the audience.
Along with some of the most amazing performances by Ford in his career, the franchise was destined to be an icon.
Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny, streaming on Disney+.
