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River
Phoenix, who played Young Indy in Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade,
was offered the title role, but turned it down,
since he didn't want to return to television. |
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Harrison
Ford was offered the role of the older Indiana Jones,
but he turned it down, since he thought television
had nothing to offer his career. However, Ford does
appear as a middle-aged Indy in Chapter
20: Mystery of the Blues,
where he recalled one of his early adventures. |
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For
his brief appearances as the middle-aged Indiana
Jones in Chapter
20: Mystery of the Blues,
Harrison Ford sports a beard. This is because he
was filming The
Fugitive (1993) at the
time his scenes were shot, and he didn't have time
to shave it off. |
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Chapter
15: Daredevils of the Desert depicts the
charge at Beersheba during the First World War.
This chapter that was directed by Simon
Wincer features footage from Wincer's
own film The Lighthorsemen. |
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Mike
Moroff's (who played Pancho Villa in Chapter
6: Spring Break Adventure)
Grandfather actually rode with Pancho Villa's gang
in the Mexican Revolution. |
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Vic
Armstrong, Harrison Ford's stunt double in the
Indiana Jones films, directed the first half of
Chapter 13: Adventures
in the Secret Service.
Besides being world's most prolific stuntman, Vic
Armstrong is also a respected second unit director. |
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Writer,
director and three-time Oscar nominee Frank
Darabont wrote the screenplay for 5 episodes
of The Young Indiana Jones
Chronicles. He was also hired to write the
script for Indiana Jones
IV in 2004. But unfortunately, his script
got turned down by George Lucas a year later. |
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Actor
Paul
Freeman, who played villain Belloq in
Raiders of
the Lost Ark, returned
in the TV-series playing a character named
Frederick Selous. His character appears in
2 chapters. |
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Chapter 2:
Passion for Life |
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Chapter 10: The Phantom
Train of Doom |
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Actor
Vic
Tablian, previously appeared in
Raiders of the Lost Ark playing 2 different
roles; Barranca & Monkey Man. He returns
in the TV-series playing a character named
Demetrios in 2 chapters. |
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Chapter 1:
My First Adventure |
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Chapter 6: Spring Break
Adventure |
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Actor
William
Hootkins, who played Major Eaton
in Raiders of the
Lost Ark, also has a role in the TV-series.
He plays a character named Diaghilev in |
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Chapter 14:
Espionage Escapades. |
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Actor
Roshan
Seth, who played Chattar Lal in Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom, also
has a small role in the TV-series. He playes
Sheikh Kamal in |
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Chapter 16:
Tales of Innocence |
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A
few chapters of the TV-series were directed
by successful directors: |
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Joe
Johnston (Jurassic
Park 3, Hidalgo
and The Rocketeer)
directed Chapter
6: Spring Break Adventure. |
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Simon
Wincer (Free
Willy, The
Phantom and Operation
Dumbo Drop) directed
Chapter 8:
Trenches of Hell,
Chapter 11:
Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
and Chapter 15: Daredevils
of the Desert. |
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Terry
Jones (actor/director of the famous British
comedy group Monty
Python) directed
a part of
Chapter 14: Espionage Escapades. |
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Here
follows a list of well known actors who also
appear in some chapters of The
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: |
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