The new Indiana Jones film takes us on a journey to the frontiers of time. In an interview, Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge look ahead to the iconic archaeologist’s last great adventure.
What can Indiana Jones discover after more than four decades? The Ark of the Covenant, the Shankara Stones and the Holy Grail – on his last adventure he even had an eerie encounter of the third kind when a UFO rises from an ancient temple and disappears into a world between worlds. It doesn’t get any bigger or more fantastic than this. Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny, opening in cinemas this week, nevertheless takes the archaeologist to a point he never dreamed of.
Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller Bridge interviewed about the latest Indiana Jones film
The question of (past) time drives the new Indiana Jones film, which sees Harrison Ford bid farewell to the series as its leading man. We get to see two versions of his adventurer: While a digitally rejuvenated Indiana Jones faces us in 1944, the older version of the character is confronted 25 years later with the youthful energy of his goddaughter, Helena. She is played by all-round talent Phoebe Waller-Bridges (Fleabag, Solo: A Star Wars Story).
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Celebrating the theatrical release of Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny, I caught up with them for an interview to talk about Indy’s farewell performance. The film has been in the making for seven years, first directed by Steven Spielberg. Ultimately, however, James Mangold took over as director, having already bid farewell to an iconic heroic character with Logan – The Wolverine.
