Indiana Jones
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
The first choice for the role of Indiana Jones was Tom Selleck and not Harrison Ford, for George Lucas has already cast him repeatedly and wanted to avoid being labeled as another Scorsese who repeatedly cast Robert DeNiro. Spielberg also wanted to do a Bond film and did not know anything about Indiana Smith, yes, you heard me right. The first name chosen for the film was Indiana Smith which Spielberg disliked and changed to Jones after a casual suggestion from Lucas. The outline of the main character (Indiana Jones) was decided on long before any cameras rolled. The Fedora (Indiana’s Hat), was so iconic that if it fell or was accidentally blown off everything stopped till it was back on Ford’s head which caused a re-shoot of the scene.