{"id":1559160,"date":"2022-07-18T08:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559160"},"modified":"2022-07-18T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:50:38","slug":"chris-pratt-harrison-ford-scared-him-out-of-the-role-of-indiana-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-pratt-harrison-ford-scared-him-out-of-the-role-of-indiana-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt: Harrison Ford Scared Him Out of the Role of \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchris-pratt-harrison-ford-scared-him-out-of-the-role-of-indiana-jones%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559160&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Don\u2019t expect Chris Pratt to brandish a bullwhip while wearing a fedora anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chris-pratt-plus-game-night-with-zawe-ashton-theo\/id827905050?i=1000569642696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happy Sad Confused<\/a>\u201d podcast, the 43-year-old actor said he has no plans to step into Indiana Jones\u2019s boots, which have belonged to Harrison Ford since 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing the reason behind his decision to steer clear of the franchise, Pratt blamed Ford\u2019s past comments and said they scared him to even consider taking on the role in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I know is I once saw a quote from Harrison Ford \u2026 and I don\u2019t even know if it was really him, but it was enough to scare me, that was like, \u2018When I die, Indiana Jones dies,&#8217;\u201d he said in the podcast released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Am I gonna, like, get haunted by the ghost of Harrison Ford one day when he dies if I play\u2026?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt is seemingly referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ONc1vrQ62_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ford\u2019s 2019 interview on The Today Show<\/a>, where he said, \u201cDon\u2019t you get it? I\u2019m Indiana Jones. When I\u2019m gone, he\u2019s gone. It\u2019s easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/harrison-ford-getty-01.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Pratt joked that Ford might haunt him if he plays Indiana Jones.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Paramount\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a hell of a way to tell Chris Pine this. I\u2019m sorry, man,\u201d the actor, 80, said laughing, jokingly mistaking Pratt for Pine.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors of Pratt taking on the role first began to swirl in 2015 after Disney bought the movie rights for the film from Paramount just two years prior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not anything that is real,\u201d Pratt said, slashing any hopes of him taking on the role.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has played the role in four movies, starting with Raiders of the Lost Ark back in 1981 before Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989) and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>It comes as actor Antonio Banderas, who also stars in the upcoming Indiana Jones film, <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/06\/16\/antonio-banderas-interview-official-competition-zorro-puss-boots\/7635059001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told\u00a0USA Today<\/a>\u00a0how \u201cunbelievable\u201d it was seeing Ford on set in costume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first day I arrived, I was in the makeup trailer, and I turned around, and there he was in the full Indiana costume with the hat and the whip,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhoebe Waller-Bridge was there with him, too, and it was so cool. I still remember the first time I saw \u2018Indiana Jones\u2019 in a theater and the crowd was crazy about it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018This is like going back to the old adventure (movies) in a completely different way,&#8217;\u201d Banderas added.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth installment of the \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d franchise will be released on June 30, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t expect Chris Pratt to brandish a bullwhip while wearing a fedora anytime soon. 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