For months George Lucas and Steven Spielberg promised that Sean Connery’s character (Dr. Henry Jones Sr.) was included in the script for Indiana Jones 4. So when the film went into production and Connery announced that he would not be back after-all, we cried fowl.
I hope Conner’s part was very small, for their sake. Because a major character rewrite this late in to development could ruin the entire film.
I mean, Lucas and crew couldn’t have completely delete Connery’s part out of the script without causing a major rift, right? Well, our friends at FilmIck are reporting that Abner Ravenwood was not even included in previous drafts. When Connery made his official exit from the project, you may recall they announced that John Hurt had been cast in the film. He will play the father of Karen Allen’s character. Well rumor has it that John Hurt’s character is basically a rewrite of the role that Sean Connery would have played if he had decided to return. Apparently the Indy screenwriters wrote the role for two characters in case Connery decided to stay at home.
Sounds like the typical Hollywood-type decision which usually ends up ruining a film.
July 31st, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I told you Pete, I can’t be in the movie because I am still rolling through the
fire in the dungeon of Alcatraz…aka The Rock.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Maybe Sean Connery is in, and its a big secret, no one will know untill the film is released? Thats my hope!
August 1st, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong.. but I’m pretty sure Abner Ravenwood is dead. Least that’s what his daughter tells Indy in the first movie.
August 1st, 2007 at 6:12 pm
He IS dead, in my Indy universe, Marion says so. Maybe it’s flashbacks? Probably not. Let’s see, will he have been “disappeared” by the government, suffering amnesia in a foriegn country, spending time in a remote inaccessible prison, gaining enlightenment in a monastery? Or all of the above?
Whatever, I’m so happy that Karen Allen’s in the film, nothing can mess up my high.