From AICN, I got a great tip-off from a long-time spy for the site, telling me that a local newspaper’s profile of an actor who appears in INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL turned out to be a giant pain in the ass for the INDY production team, since the local spilled far more beans than he was supposed to.
It's fun when you ignore your non-disclosure agreement!
You can read the story here by James Coburn for The Edmond Sun.
Here are some of my favorite parts of the longer article. He seems to keep referring to the “crystal skulls” as “crucifix skulls,” which is a strange mistake, but otherwise, he dishes some good juicy spoiler stuff, and it’s worth digging into if you’re curious:
“Tyler Nelson’s dancing talent has landed him a part in INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL…
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... what Tyler understands about the Indiana Jones movie is based on his own scenes that were filmed during the first week of September. Tyler plays a Russian soldier. Only the lead actors were ever given scripts, so Tyler still doesn’t know the entire plot.
“Apparently, the Soviet Army was searching for a [crucifix] skull in the jungles of South America and Indiana Jones was searching, as well,” Tyler said.
The Russian Army tries blackmailing Indiana Jones to help them find the crystal skull by “threatening to kill Karen, his old flame from the Lost Ark.”
Actress Karen Allen of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” fame returns to play Jones’ love interest Marion Ravenwood. Cate Blanchett was cast as the Russian interrogator.
“We took Indiana Jones hostage and managed to find the skull,” Tyler said.
Afterward, Tyler and the other Russian soldiers rejoice in the jungle by wildly dancing and singing to Russian balalaika folk music beside a roaring campfire…
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… “they were filming us outside of a tent dancing and then turned the camera inside the tent,” Tyler explained his scene. “I saw Harrison Ford strapped in a chair being interrogated. I started to gather they were holding this big crystal-looking thing in the tent and heard someone mention a crucifix skull.”
In the movie, Indiana actor Shia LaBeouf plays Indiana Jones’ son. Jones learns of this and falls in love with Ravenwood again, Tyler said.”
3 comments:
The more I hear 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls', the less offensive it sounds.
Yeah, someday we'll be referring to it as, KOCS.
I think it's just the rhythm of the whole title that gets stuck in the craw. Leaving out "Kingdom" to get "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull" would be okay, and likewise just leaving off the "Indiana Jones" part of the beginning is suitable.
And a crystal skull sound like a pretty cool thing, all crystally and skullish.
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