<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Indiana Jones" star Karen Allen makes a brief cameo at the end of the new film "Dial of Destiny."</li><li>Allen told The Hollywood Reporter that she was "disappointed" as she thought she would have a larger role.</li></ul>"Indiana Jones" star Karen Allen said she was "disappointed" that she had limited screen time in the latest film in the franchise, <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-harrison-ford-emotional-evolution-2023-7">"Dial of Destiny."</a>Allen joined the franchise as Marion Ravenwood in the first film "Raiders of the Lost Ark." In the fourth film, "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," it was revealed that Marion had years ago given birth to Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), the biological son of lead character Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), unbeknownst to Jones. Marion and Jones ultimately reunited and married at the end of that movie.<a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-shia-labeouf-mutt-williams-son-2023-6">LaBeouf was absent from the recently released fifth movie</a>, which explained that Mutt's off-screen death in the Vietnam War had caused Marion and Jones to drift apart once again.<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/indiana-jones-karen-allen-marion-dial-of-destiny-1235529718/">Allen told The Hollywood Reporter</a> that she was surprised to find out that her only appearance in "Dial of Destiny" was at the end of the movie where Marion and Jones are able to reconcile after the conclusion of his latest adventure with Phoebe Waller-Bridge's new character, Helena Shaw.Allen said that Marion was "much more involved" in the story when the franchise's creator Steven Spielberg was in charge before "Dial of Destiny" director James Mangold took over."When Steven was still going to direct the film, I didn't have the opportunity to read any of those scripts, although I know that Marion was much more involved in the story at that juncture," Allen said. "So I knew James had hired new writers and that there was going to be a whole new approach with a new director and new writers, but I was really going into the unknown."<div type="image" title="Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" height="4000" width="5333" msid="101581718" hostid="261"></div>She continued: "The next thing I knew, I was reading a script that told [Dial of Destiny's] story, and of course, I was disappointed. I had thought that I would be majorly a part of the film, and that was just not the direction they decided to go."Allen said that she thinks the writers had a difficult time explaining LaBeouf's absence while including Marion in the main story."I think they had some problems to solve with the story in terms of Shia LaBeouf not coming back, and they chose to create this story that Mutt had been killed in the war and that it put a wedge between Marion and Indy," Allen said. "I mean, you could have knocked me over with a feather when I read it. But I was really happy that they came back together in the end."Mangold told <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1669160395729149953" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Variety</a> last month that there <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-5-dial-of-destiny-shia-labeouf-absence-2023-6">wasn't enough space to include Mutt in the story</a>. As well as bringing back old <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-cast-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-42-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Raiders of the Lost Ark"</a> stars John Rhys-Davies and Allen, the series introduces new stars to the franchise such as Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen."I think the point I had was that when I came on, I wanted to capture that wonderful energy between Indy and an intrepid female character," the director said. "So that was my first goal, and there's only so many people you can edge into a picture.""Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" is now in theaters.

'Indiana Jones' star Karen Allen says she was 'disappointed' by her lack of screen time in 'Dial of Destiny': 'I had thought that I would be majorly a part of the film'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The "<keyword id="11954894" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="raiders-of-the-lost-ark" source="Orion">Raiders of the Lost Ark</keyword>" star <keyword id="11954892" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="karen-allen" source="Orion">Karen Allen</keyword> says she fought to form the Marion we saw on-screen.</li><li>She told IndieWire she asked to change a scene that had her seduce her way out of a Nazi camp.</li><li>She said she thought there were moments when her character became a "true damsel in distress."</li></ul>The "Raiders of the Lost Ark" star <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2021/08/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-karen-allen-changed-scene-1234659986/">Karen Allen told IndieWire</a> she asked to change a scene in which she would have had to seduce her way out of Nazi camp, saying it didn't fit her character.Allen starred in the first <keyword id="11954893" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="indiana-jones" source="Orion">Indiana Jones</keyword> movie as Marion Ravenwood, the daughter of an archaeologist who gets brought into Jones' (<keyword id="11954898" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="harrison-ford" source="Orion">Harrison Ford</keyword>) mission to track down the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis get to it.For the movie's <a href="https://www.lucasfilm.com/news/celebrate-the-40th-anniversary-of-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-with-exclusive-products/">40th anniversary</a>, Allen spoke with IndieWire about the creation of the iconic character. She said she was originally excited to play Ravenwood because the character had "one of the best introductions of a character" that she had "ever come across."But Allen wasn't pleased with all her scenes in the movie. One particular scene she brought up in the interview was the part of the movie when Ravenwood tries to outsmart René Belloq (Paul Freeman) to escape captivity in a Nazi camp in Cairo. Allen seduced Freeman in the original script, and this didn't sit right with her and Freeman.Allen said <keyword id="11954897" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="steven-spielberg" source="Orion">Steven Spielberg</keyword>, the director of all four "Indiana Jones" movies, was "open" to change this."He basically said, 'Well, if you can come up with something better and you want to show it to me, we'll shoot it,'" she recalled. "We came up with this idea that the reason I put this dress on is in order to hide this knife that I've taken from the food that they've brought me. It's all about escaping. It's not about a seduction that gets stopped, which is what it had been in the beginning. We made it about her trying to fool him or lull him into some sort of belief that he was going to seduce her and then she was going to turn the tables on him."<div type="image" title="Karen Allen and Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark" height="2100" width="2813" msid="85656023" hostid="261"></div>Allen also said she thought her character was left behind in moments in the story. In a video for <a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/marcia-lucas-saved-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-ending/">the 40th anniversary of "Star Wars,"</a> Marcia Lucas, an Academy Award-winning editor who also edited "Raiders of the Lost Ark," said the part at the end of the movie in which Ravenwood and Jones meet up again was nearly cut because Spielberg thought it wasn't important enough to film.Allen said in the interview with IndieWire: "There were moments where this wonderful, bright, intelligent, talented boys' club that had written the script, had, I thought, left her in the lurch in certain moments throughout the story. They created this very resourceful, very independent, very strong woman and then sometimes they would, whether it was for comic effect or whether it was unconscious, whatever it was, it felt sometimes like there were moments in which she did become a true damsel in distress."

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' star Karen Allen says she was originally supposed to seduce her way out of the Nazi camp but had the scene changed

<ul class="summary-list"><li>It's implied that Marion was a minor when <keyword id="514952" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Indiana-Jones">Indiana Jones</keyword> had a relationship with her.</li><li>Allen, who plays Marion in the franchise, believes she was 16 when they had their first fling.</li><li>"I don't think of him as a pedophile," Allen told Uproxx.</li></ul>In recent years, a specific scene from the 1981 classic "<keyword id="365309" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</keyword>," which birthed Harrison Ford as globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones, has come under scrutiny due to the age difference between Dr. Jones and Marion Ravenwood (played by <keyword id="934698" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Karen-Allen">Karen Allen</keyword>), his love interest in the movie.When Jones sets out to find the Ark of the Covenant, he must first find a medallion that tells him where the Ark is buried. Marion has it, and in their first conversation together, after years of not seeing each other, Marion confronts Jones about their past fling saying, "I was a child. I was in love." In which Jones responds: "You knew what you were doing."Things are left there and never addressed again. However, in the last few years <a href="https://moedred.livejournal.com/2009/03/04/">transcripts of the story conferences</a> between director Steven Spielberg, George Lucas (who came up with the Indiana Jones story), and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, have spread on social media and revealed there was talk of the two characters having a major age gap that could have had Jones in a relationship with Marion when she was a minor.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Men Write Women (@menwritewomen) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1288155290530189313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2020</a></blockquote>In an <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/karen-allen-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/">interview with Uproxx</a> celebrating the movie's 40th anniversary 4k Blu-ray release, Allen gave her take on the relationship."I think I say I was 16. I don't know," Allen said. "That's always what I imagined is she was 16, he was 26. And he was her father's student. And it's left very mysterious.""We don't even know what it is," Allen continued. "I mean, they could have kissed a few times, and she was just completely bowled over, and he could have just not wanted to get involved with someone so young. And maybe my father would have been furious at him. I mean, what's great about it is we don't know what the circumstances are."<div type="image" title="raiders of the lost ark paramount2" height="1329" width="2000" msid="83376966" hostid="261"></div>The way Allen sees it, it was all very innocent in those early days between Marion and Indy. "I don't think of him as a pedophile," Allen said. "That's the direction some of these people are going."After not appearing in the two Indiana Jones <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> following "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Allen's Marion character returned in 2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."A fifth Jones movie is currently in production.

Actress Karen Allen addresses her character's underage relationship with Indiana Jones: 'I don't think of him as a pedophile'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Harrison Ford played the adventurer for the last time in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."</li><li>Directed by James Mangold, the sequel sees Indy fight Nazis who are working for NASA in the 1960s.</li></ul>Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-old-fart-in-5th-film-2023-6">Harrison Ford</a> stepped back into one of his most famous roles in <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-shia-labeouf-mutt-williams-son-2023-6">"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,"</a> which sees the hero battling Nazis who have been recruited into NASA following World War II.Ford is joined by the likes of Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Boyd Holbrook, Toby Jones, and Antonio Banderas in the sequel, which is directed by "Logan" director James Mangold.The film didn't set any box office records, however. It <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2776598017/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grossed</a> just over $380 million worldwide, while the budget was around $300 million, according to <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/07/box-office-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-1235427644/">Deadline</a>.That's a disappointing return, considering Ford has been playing the archaeologist and adventurer since <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-2023-5">1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark,"</a> which introduced the hero for the first time opposite love interest <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-karen-allen-disappointed-screen-time-2023-7">Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen).</a>Still, it was a fun adventure with all the signature "Indiana Jones" hallmarks of tomb-raiding, Nazi-punching, and fast-paced chase sequences. <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-harrison-ford-emotional-evolution-2023-7">It's definitely worth watching</a> for fans both new and old.<h2>When will 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' be on Disney+?</h2>"Dial of Destiny" is already available to buy or rent digitally on <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?amazonTrackingID=biauto-60729-20&amp;h=33f0e11fb4572a60cedfefce49d3752b91dd24fb93482c86078f5ef6f4343427&amp;postID=64ee0eeab26093bc4de2f577&amp;postSlug=indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-disney-plus-release-date-2023-8&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fvideo%2Fdetail%2FB0CD34SJJM%2Fref%3Datv_dp_share_cu_r">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?amazonTrackingID=biauto-60729-20&amp;h=8dfa010864f61a28a8b2f05d5a3586ebe189b113e8662aa20694440ab0ba7ff4&amp;postID=64ee0eeab26093bc4de2f577&amp;postSlug=indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-disney-plus-release-date-2023-8&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fus%2Fmovie%2Findiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny%2Fumc.cmc.714d3nm84hciczsg45iygbbdn">Apple TV</a>, and other services. But Disney+ has <a href="https://twitter.com/DisneyPlus/status/1719761216652841461" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finally confirmed</a> that subscribers will be able to watch "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" on the platform starting December 1, 2023. That's a little later than fans were expecting, since some of Disney's other big movies of the year, like "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" and "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," arrived on Disney+ only three months after release. In the meantime, find out where <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-2023-5">"Dial of Destiny" ranks among all the "Indiana Jones" movies</a>.

'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' is Harrison Ford's last outing as the iconic archaeologist. Here's when to expect it on Disney+.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."</li><li>The 2023 sequel picks up with an older Indiana Jones in 1969.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-bio-surprising-fun-facts">Harrison Ford</a> has led the "Indiana Jones" franchise for over 40 years, first donning the fedora in <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-cast-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-42-2023-4">1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark."</a> In that time, he's gone up against Nazis, cultists, and even Soviet spies. But Ford is hanging up <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-confirms-done-playing-indiana-jones-2023-5">the bullwhip for the final time</a> in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," which sees the adventurer and archaeologist hunt for a mythical dial alongside his goddaughter, <a href="https://www.insider.com/phoebe-waller-bridge-harrison-ford-indiana-jones-prank-mask-face-2023-6">Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge)</a>. It might strike some theatergoers as an odd choice since <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-2023-5">the previous movie, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,"</a> saw Jones work with his son, motorbike greaser Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf).The end of the 2008 movie even hinted that Williams could go on more adventures of his own when he picked up the iconic fedora for himself as his mother, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), married Indy.<h2>So what happened to Mutt?</h2>The 2023 sequel addresses Mutt's absence and weaves it into the adventurer's character arc.The film picks up in 1969, shortly before the moon landing, as Indy is living alone in a small apartment in New York. His lectures at a local college send his students to sleep, and he's about to retire from teaching altogether.Much of the film is about age, time, and how Indy almost doesn't belong in a world that's looking up at the stars.But once Indy is thrown into the adventure with Helena and they're hunting for the dial, he makes an emotional confession as they sail across the Aegean sea — explaining how Mutt enlisted in the army to go and fight in Vietnam. It's surprising because Mutt seemed like a bit of a rebel in "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," but Ford's hero says he did it to prove a point.Mutt was killed in action, and the grief tore Indy and Marion apart. This later led to their divorce, which is why he's been living alone in that cramped apartment. It's clear that Mutt's death has significantly impacted Indy, as he struggles to deal with his isolated, mundane life.Thankfully, the mystery surrounding the titular dial revives his sense of adventure, and by the end of the film, he even starts to patch things up with Marion. After all of his years of tomb-raiding, it's nice to see a happy ending for the adventurer.

How 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' explains Shia LaBeouf's absence as Indy's son, Mutt Williams

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Harrison Ford shared how he stays in shape during <a href="https://people.com/harrison-ford-quotes-air-force-one-the-most-of-all-his-movies-exclusive-7548239">an interview with People</a>. </li><li>Ford, 80, said he's recovering from "various injuries" but strives to be active. </li></ul>Harrison Ford said he is "recovering from various injuries," so he does physical therapy and rehabilitation to stay in shape. During an interview with <a href="https://people.com/harrison-ford-quotes-air-force-one-the-most-of-all-his-movies-exclusive-7548239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a>, the 80-year-old shared how he stays active in his day-to-day life. Ford is one of Hollywood's biggest action stars, having starred in a number of box-office hits like "Air Force One" and the "Star Wars" franchise. He also plays the beloved Indiana Jones and will reprise the character in his upcoming film, "<a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-calista-flockhart-indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-premiere-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</a>." <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQfMbSe7F2g" frameborder="0"></iframe>"I don't do physical training. It's just all rehab, physical therapy," Ford said. "I'm really just like an old man."He added: "I'm recovering from various injuries, so I continue to keep myself moving. I love tennis and riding road bikes over distance. I can't play tennis anymore because of my [injured] shoulders, but I'm working on getting back to being able to play. And I can't ride my bike yet." Ford told the outlet he was "disadvantaged physically" and is "trying to get back."According to Screen Rant, <a href="https://screenrant.com/harrison-ford-filming-injuries-indiana-jones-star-wars/">Ford's been involved in several accidents on and off set</a>. Ford tore his ACL while filming "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and suffered a spinal injury from riding elephants while filming "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."In 2015, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/report-harrison-fords-plane-crashed-in-the-middle-of-an-la-golf-course-2015-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford crash-landed a plane on a Los Angeles golf course and was taken to a local hospital with moderate injuries</a>. <div type="image" title="Harrison Ford in a tuxedo" height="3890" width="5836" msid="101072900" hostid="261" sizebytes="424392"></div>More recently, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/06/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-5-injures-shoulder-rehearsing-fight-scene-production-shoot-around-recovery-1234780040/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported in June 2021 that <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-injured-while-rehearsing-fight-scene-for-indiana-jones-2021-6#:~:text=%22In%20the%20course%20of%20rehearsing,needed%20in%20the%20coming%20weeks.%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford injured his shoulder while rehearsing a fight scene for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."</a> The franchise's fifth installment will also star Karen Allen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, and Antonio Banderas. <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-is-fantastic-will-be-last-2022-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford told fans in September 2022 that the upcoming film would be his last time playing Indiana Jones</a>. "Indiana Jones' movies are about mystery and adventure, but they're also about heart," he said at Disney's D23 Expo convention. "We have a really human story to tell as well, a movie that will kick your ass."

Harrison Ford says he's 'recovering from various injuries' and does physical therapy to stay active: 'I'm trying to get back'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Harrison Ford has addressed the 15-year gap between the fourth and fifth "Indiana Jones" films.</li><li>He told <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44206394/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-5/">Digital Spy</a> that after the widely derided fourth movie, there were no plans for a followup.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-old-fart-in-5th-film-2023-6">Harrison Ford</a> has addressed the long wait fans have faced in getting the fifth and final film, "<a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-5-dial-of-destiny-shia-labeouf-absence-2023-6">Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.</a>"The film, set to be released in theaters on June 30, <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-confirms-done-playing-indiana-jones-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marks Ford's final farewell</a> to the franchise and comes 15 years after "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."Speaking to <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44206394/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Digital Spy</a>, Ford addressed the 15-year gap between the fourth and fifth "Indiana Jones" films, revealing that there weren't immediate plans for a followup after "Crystal Skull" was released in 2008."Well, it wasn't as though we sat around for 10 years waiting to come up with an idea," he said. "When we finished the last film, I don't think anybody thought about going and doing another film for some time.""Crystal Skull" is considered by many to be <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the worst film in the franchise</a> and currently holds a 53% audience score on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_the_crystal_skull" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. Adjusted for inflation, it has the lowest box office gross of any movie in the franchise, according to <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367882/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Box Office Mojo</a>.<div type="image" title="Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf in &quot;Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull&quot; (2008)." height="900" width="1200" msid="101167928" hostid="261" sizebytes="72184"></div>The 80-year-old actor said that in the last few years, "there were some interesting ideas that were floated" for a fifth movie, but ultimately 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," he said of "Dial of Destiny" which is directed by James Mangold and cowritten by Mangold, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and David Koepp.Ford said that he was "very happy" with the story of the new film in which the archaeologist adventurer is joined by his goddaughter, Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), in a race against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history.Taking place against the backdrop of the 1960s space race, the sequel sees Indy going head-to-head with a former Nazi scientist (Mads Mikkelsen) and also stars <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-cast-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-42-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Raiders of the Lost Ark"</a> alumni John Rhys-Davies and Karen Allen.<div type="image" title="Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Harrison Ford in &quot;Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.&quot;" height="2000" width="2666" msid="101167930" hostid="261" sizebytes="164290"></div>Ford said: "We're coming to the end of Indiana Jones's 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."He added that when it came time to hang up Indy's iconic fedora and whip for the last time, he "felt a sense of peace, a sense of contentment.""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, the satisfaction of putting work in, and getting something worthy out of it," he said, adding that the story has "concluded in a way that really felt satisfying to me.""It is my hope that others find it as satisfying as I did," he added.

Harrison Ford explains why 'Indiana Jones 5' took 15 years to make after the poor reception to 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" director addressed Shia LaBeouf's absence from the film.</li><li>James Mangold told <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1669160395729149953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> that there was no space to bring back Mutt, Indy's son.</li></ul>"<a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-cannes-premiere-photos-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</a>," the fifth movie following <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-bio-surprising-fun-facts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harrison Ford</a> as everyone's favorite archaeologist adventurer<a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-bio-surprising-fun-facts" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>, had its <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-calista-flockhart-indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-premiere-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US premiere</a> on Wednesday.The film is set to be released in US theaters on June 30 and <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-confirms-done-playing-indiana-jones-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marks Ford's final farewell</a> to the franchise. Taking place against the backdrop of the 1960s space race, the sequel sees Indy going head-to-head with a former-Nazi scientist, played by Mads Mikkelsen, with the help of his <a href="https://www.insider.com/indiana-jones-cast-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-42-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Raiders of the Lost Ark"</a> alumni John Rhys-Davies and Karen Allen.However, the director James Mangold said there was one major character who wouldn't be making an appearance in the film.Speaking to <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1669160395729149953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> on the red carpet, Mangold said that <a href="https://www.insider.com/hollywood-has-been-rewarding-shia-labeouf-controversies-for-years-2021-1">Shia LeBeouf</a>, who played the titular hero's son in 2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," was not brought back for the film."I think the point I had was that when I came on, I wanted to capture that wonderful energy between Indy and an intrepid female character," he said, referencing the fact that this time around, Indy is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge as his goddaughter, Helena Shaw."So that was my first goal, and there's only so many people you can edge into a picture," he added.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1669160395729149953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2023</a></blockquote>In "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which was released 19 years after the third installment, LaBeouf was introduced to audiences as Mutt Williams, a motorcycle-riding greaser who tagged along with Indy when he became entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secrets behind mysterious artifacts.Unbeknownst to the archaeologist adventurer at the beginning of the film, Mutt is later revealed to be the son he fathered with Marion Ravenwood, Allen's character and his love interest in the first installment, "Raiders of the Lost Ark."Mangold told <a href="https://ew.com/movies/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-james-mangold-2023-preview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> that moviegoers would get an update on Mutt's whereabouts and "find out what happened to him" in the new film but said that LaBeouf's character would not appear in the movie.<div type="image" title="A screenshot from &quot;Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny&quot; where Harrison Ford is leaning against a fence while Phoebe Waller-Bridge is looking off into the distance." height="695" width="926" msid="101022444" hostid="261"></div>"Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is considered by many to be <a href="https://www.insider.com/harrison-ford-indiana-jones-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the worst film in the franchise</a> and currently holds a 53% audience score on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_the_crystal_skull" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. Adjusted for inflation, it has the lowest-grossing total of any movie in the franchise, according to <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367882/?ref_=bo_se_r_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Box Office Mojo</a>.Reflecting on the movie in 2010, LaBeouf told the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/05/shia-labeouf-wall-street-2-indiana-jones-steven-spielberg.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Times</a> that he "dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished" with his performance as Mutt."You can blame it on the writer and you can blame it on Steven. But the actor's job is to make it come alive and make it work, and I couldn't do it. So that's my fault. Simple," LaBeouf said."There was a reason it wasn't universally accepted," he continued, adding that Ford "wasn't happy with it either."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Fox was famously fired from the "Transformers" franchise after comparing Michael Bay to Hitler.</li><li>Spielberg was the executive producer of the "Transformer" movies.</li><li>"Steven has enough power to cancel you. He canceled <keyword id="16426" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Megan-Fox">Megan Fox</keyword>," she said. </li></ul>Actress <keyword id="833079" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="sean-young">Sean Young</keyword> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/sean-young-on-surviving-hollywoods-many-toxic-men">told The Daily Beast</a> during a recent interview that legendary filmmaker <keyword id="66615" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Steven-Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</keyword> "canceled" Megan Fox. Young, who is best known for her performance as Harrison Ford's replicant love interest in "Blade Runner," told the outlet that Spielberg was also among a handful of Hollywood directors who she says <a href="https://www.insider.com/sean-young-says-career-sabotaged-by-ridley-scott-steven-spielberg-2021-3">derailed her career by labeling her "difficult."</a> She also named Ridley Scott and Warren Beatty. Young has never worked with Spielberg but said she auditioned extensively for the role of Marion Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," which was ultimately given to actress Karen Allen. And Young said that when she approached the director about why she didn't land the role, their exchange became heated and Spielberg was offended. "I saw him at a New Year's Eve party that Jerry Belson had up by the Mulholland area, and Steven was there," she said. "I said to him, 'You misled me! I thought I was going to get the part.' And this really offended him. He was all, 'I did not mislead you! I did not!' I was like, 'Whoa, calm down. I didn't mean it like you were a bad guy or anything, I just really thought I was going to get the part. You flew me back to California twice.' Very sensitive."She continued: "And you have to remember, he did that to Bill Hurt. Steven wanted Bill in Jurassic Park, and Bill didn't want to do it, and that was not what he wanted to hear. Steven has enough power to cancel you. He canceled Megan Fox." <div type="image" title="transformers" height="1208" width="2722" msid="81674490" hostid="261"></div>It has long been rumored that Steven Spielberg was involved in Megan Fox being fired from the "Transformers" film series after the film's director Michael Bay <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/michael-bay-steven-spielberg-fired-megan-fox-transformers">told GQ magazine</a> that the decision was made at the behest of Spielberg after Fox made comments in a magazine interview comparing Bay to Hitler. During the <a href="https://ew.com/article/2009/09/04/crazy-s-megan-fox-has-said-starring-michael-bay-as-hitler/">interview in question</a>, Fox was discussing Bay's directing style when she said: "He's like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is."Spielberg, who was the executive producer of the "Transformer" movies, has <a href="https://ew.com/article/2011/12/02/steven-spielberg-ew-interview/">denied that he was involved</a> in Fox's departure from the franchise.Fox was replaced by British model and actress Rosie Huntingdon-Whitley in the subsequent "Transformers" films. Later during the interview with The Daily Beast, Young discussed her experience working on several films including "Blade Runner" and highlighted the wider issues she has witnessed whilst working in Hollywood. She said: "Ever since the movie business began, women have been treated as a commodity. There was always someone grabbing you, and I just ignored it. I mean, have you taken a look at Harvey Weinstein? How the f--- is he gonna get laid unless he has power? Never."

Sean Young says Steven Spielberg 'canceled' Megan Fox

<ul class="summary-list"><li>As of June 19th, a dozen states have prematurely ended their federal <keyword id="414451" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="unemployment-benefits">unemployment benefits</keyword>.</li><li>Those $300 weekly benefits weren't set to expire until September, but 25 GOP-led states have opted out.</li><li>Workers in Missouri and Alabama, two states where benefits ended, tell Insider they need assistance.</li></ul>Eight more states are ending their federal <keyword id="6358907" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="unemployment">unemployment</keyword> benefits today, June 19th, cutting off between 400,000 and <a href="https://tcf.org/content/commentary/fact-sheet-whats-stake-states-cancel-federal-unemployment-benefits/">500,000 people</a> from government aid ahead of their scheduled expiration in September.Those states are Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. That means a dozen have pulled out of enhanced unemployment insurance early. At least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-states-cutting-unemployment-benefits-expanded-300-weekly-biden-stimulus-2021-5">13 more</a> will join them in the coming weeks. It's setting up a premature fiscal cliff for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-states-scrapping-federal-jobless-benefits-depriving-aid-2021-6">approximately 4 million workers</a>, many of whom were set to receive federal benefits through September. But federal pandemic-era programs also expanded who's eligible to receive benefits, and the duration. That means some Americans won't just lose $300 a week. They'll lose their entire incomes.Karen Allen, 52, of Missouri, lost all of her benefits last week. "I kind of feel like the rug got jerked out from under me, and now people want to point fingers at me like, well, why don't you go to work at the gas station for $9 an hour?"She said she doesn't feel like she's above working such a job, but she doesn't want to work part-time with no benefits "and take a chance on dying, basically. I just feel like I'm stuck." She's not alone.<h2>Some states have already ended their benefits</h2>Missouri ending federal unemployment benefits yanked aid for 340,000 people.Allen, 52, had been collecting unemployment since January 2020, after the staffing firm she worked for closed down her branch in late 2019; she stopped working in November. But Allen has a rare auto-immune disease. She said that her neurologist told her to lay low during the pandemic and self-quarantine. She was also advised to hold off on getting a vaccine. <div type="image" title="Karen Allen posing outdoors" height="459" width="612" msid="83667170" hostid="261"></div>"Here I am, absolutely willing and able to work. It's just it could kill me," she said. She was hoping that extension of expanded benefits through September would give her some leeway in terms of vaccine or safety progress. She was on Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), a federal program that expands how many weeks workers can receive benefits. On June 12, that program expired in Missouri.Benefits are winding down today in Alabama. Shaina Cruz, 34, will lose all of hers. A graphic designer, Cruz was laid off in March 2020. She said it took about a month-and-a-half for her to start receiving unemployment benefits. She's been on PEUC up until now, and said the benefit cut-off comes at a "horrible" time.She's facing down eviction at the end of the month - which is also when the federal eviction moratorium is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/when-pandemic-relief-programs-expire-end-unemployment-student-loan-deferral-2021-6#eviction-moratorium-2">set to end</a>. She already lost her car because she couldn't keep up with payments, and said it's difficult to apply to a job when she has no idea where she'll be in two weeks.<div type="image" title="Shaina Cruz of Alabama in her car" height="540" width="720" msid="83667172" hostid="261"></div>"I'm frustrated with it, just because I feel like the whole reason it's been ended is just because of all these people on Facebook saying, 'Oh, nobody wants to work anymore,'" Cruz said. "And it's like, that's not the case. I would gladly be working. I cried when I lost my job."<h2>Possible legislation on the way</h2>Some <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/advocates-and-politicians-say-gop-states-cant-cut-off-ui-2021-5">lawmakers and advocates</a> have argued that the Department of Labor is obligated to continue paying out <keyword id="1262714" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pua">PUA</keyword>, including <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-biden-pandemic-unemployment-assistance-marty-walsh-republican-governors-2021-5">Sen. Bernie Sanders</a>. But the Labor Department has concluded that there's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-department-of-labor-probably-wont-pay-out-unemployment-2021-5">likely not</a> much it can do, and the White House <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/psaki-gop-states-federal-jobless-aid-every-right-2021-6">has said</a> that states have "every right" to cut off aid in a sharp change of course after defending benefits a month ago.Some Democrats are eyeing revamping the dilapidated systems as part of Biden's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package."We ought to cut to the bottom line here," Wyden said in an interview. "This highlights the need for a comprehensive unemployment reform package.""I talk to the administration about these unemployment reforms constantly," he added. He previously suggested he wanted to draft a legislative fix but did not specify if he was still pursuing that measure.Some are already taking legal action. In Indiana, two law firms <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unemployment-benefits-early-termination-indiana-lawsuit-2021-6">have filed</a> a lawsuit against the state for prematurely terminating benefits - and have asked for a preliminary injunction to pause benefits being halted as the case progresses.But in Alabama, there's no relief on the way."I'm still just screwed, basically," Cruz said. "Like I literally have no idea where my family is going. I'm trying to get enough money to rent a storage unit right now just to put all my stuff in."

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