Who Else could have played Indiana Jones?
May 21, 2008 Movies
Before I get into this, I want you to know that Harrison Ford is easily the best choice for Indiana Jones. His look and personality made those movies. So please don’t think that I wish someone else got the role. I’m thankful he got it.
That being said, I’m going to spare you from most of this list, since only one person (in my opinion) could have pulled it off. From the article:
Tom Selleck
Selleck is the most likely of all the casting choices on this list. He’d supposedly been picked to play Indy in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but couldn’t make it work with his Magnum P.I. schedule and had to decline. I can see him as Indiana Jones, but I think his performance would have dated the first film even more than it is now (which arguably isn’t much). Selleck always strikes me as being a product of the 1980s. His later attempts at action-adventure movies provided us with fare like High Road to China and Quigley Down Under. For bonus points, imagine if Spielberg had succeeded in not only getting Selleck in the lead but also convincing Danny DeVito to play Sallah, and hey, let’s throw Debra Winger in the mix as Marion Ravenwood. Raiders would have been less of a hit and more of a cult movie, dripping with extra cheesiness, on a double-bill with Big Trouble in Little China.
I’m not sure if I agree with the authors opinion of how he would have done. I think he would have made an awesome Indiana Jones, secong only to Mr. Ford himself. Selleck’s look has not changed that much since Magnum PI, and seriously, picture him in the leather jacket and hat with a whip. It works!
Thoughts?
Tags: cinematical, indiana jones, tom selleck
