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Young Indy Opens Up About Older Indy
29/04/08, 4:53pm EST

To legions of fans around the world, he is the star of Powder, to others the corrupt politician in TV's The Dead Zone or the star of The Boondock Saints -- but to Indyfans he will forever be Young Indy.
Speaking with TV Guide on the day the last of the 3 box sets of The Young Indy Adventures is released, actor Sean Patrick Flanery reminisces about what it was to be part of the legend of Indiana Jones.

TVGuide.com: In the series, there's a different adventure in each episode. Which one was your favorite?
Flanery: "My favorite episode is the "Battle of Verdun," although, one of my favorite adventures was the "Battle of the Somme." I just loved the camaraderie, the friendship, the trench warfare and the age-old story about how at Christmastime they came out and played soccer from trench to trench, and then the next day, they proceeded to shoot each other."

TVGuide.com: During all the traveling you did for the show, were there any off-set adventures you had that particularly stand out?
Flanery: "For five years I had a great apartment in Rome. I had a Vespa, and I lived in Prague for a couple of years, right by the old castle.
In terms of stunts, I singed my eyebrows during explosions, and we capsized a ship in a river where there's crocs everywhere. You name it, it happened. And one of Indy's girlfriends was [played by] Catherine Zeta-Jones. I worked with a lot of very well-seasoned actors and actresses who were playing second fiddle to someone who had never done anything!
"

Later in the article:

TVGuide.com: Indiana Jones seems like a timeless story, but as entertainment technology has changed, action movies have changed. What do you think is compelling about the series now, and how do you think audiences will respond?
Flanery: "I think it holds up. If things get too stylized for a current era, then they may not hold up as well. If you look at say, Rambo III, he's got a bandanna, and his hair is curling-ironed. It's very dated, whereas, period pieces have a much better chance of standing up over time, because nobody's actually familiar with that period. Young Indy was well executed, and it's something I'm very proud of."

TVGuide.com: If you ever got to meet the other Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford, is there anything you'd want to ask him?
Flanery: "Probably nothing about Young Indy. I'd just shoot the s--t with him, because I think he's cool as hell. He's our last, great movie star. We have actors now that are cool and hip — George Clooney's becoming a great movie star, but the last one we had was Harrison Ford. He's just a great, intriguing guy."

Visit TVGuide.com for the full article.

Fans of Sean Patrick Flanery and "Young Indy" should check out the official Sean Patrick Flanery website for their chance at winning an autographed box set of Volume 3 of the Young Indiana Jones Adventures.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 3 - The Years of Change DVD box set has been released today and should be available in a store near you... if you live in the USA.

Posted by Mitchell Hallock



 

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