Ford younger than ever at 80
HARRISON FORD first cracked that famous bullwhip as Indiana Jones back in 1981, and he promises that the forthcoming — fifth — instalment will be his last.
We don’t yet know what the film will be titled, but some are suggesting it should be called Indiana Jones And The Fountain Of Eternal Youth, because the actor, who is 80, has been digitally de-aged for at least some of the action.
The technology has advanced enormously — look at Robert DeNiro in The Irishman — but for Indiana Jones, Disney appear to have used motion capture technology which allows Ford to be portrayed on screen as a man in his 20s or 30s.
The star was snapped on set with dots on his face — and a stunt double was seen riding a horse through a tickertape parade in ‘New York’ (actually Glasgow). In the footage shown at D23 Expo in Florida last Saturday, the man on the horse was ‘young Indy’, and he was protecting his beatnik goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). The trailer has not yet been released online. Ford appeared a tad emotional when he said: ‘I’m very proud to say that this one is fantastic. Indiana Jones movies are about fantasy and mystery, but they’re also about heart. We have a really great story to tell, as well as a movie that will kick your ass.’