You call this fashion?
In an interview with GQ magazine, Harrison Ford recalled his initial confusion over the outfit he’d be expected to wear as Indiana Jones, back when Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) was still in the event phase.
“It was presented to me as a side of character in the primary film,” Ford said. “My questions on it were many. ‘Why am I wearing a leather jacket within the jungle? Isn’t it hot here? Why am I carrying a whip? What am I going to do with a f—ing whip? I’m going to whip people?’ ”
That leather jacket, bullwhip and Indy’s pinch-front fedora would soon discover a everlasting place in Hollywood costume history — just like the scars Ford sustained from stapling the hat to his head so it wouldn’t fly off during motion scenes.
Ford donned the get-up for the last time within the fifth and final film of the franchise, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
The person who brought Indiana Jones to life has received praise for stepping back into the character as an octogenarian, however the film otherwise received mixed reviews, and has been struggling on the box office.
The actor made it no secret throughout the film’s press tour that embracing Indy’s age, and his own, is the purpose of the film.
“I desired to make a movie in regards to the end of his life,” Ford told GQ. “I desired to see the entire development of his personality that we’ve seen. After which I desired to see him after the passage of the 15 years that really exists between the last film that we did and this one.
“I’m an older man. I would really like the audience to understand that within the context of his life, and to see what effect time has on the character,” he said.
