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18.04.2008, 20:01
18.04.2008, 20:01
Betreff: Re: Indy 4 Pressemap (SPOILER)
“You get breathless,” he says. “Your breath literally leaves you. For me, though, part of that reaction had to do with the way I saw him in full costume for the first time. We were on an Air Force base, and we were doing vehicle training. Harrison flew in on a helicopter. He got out of the helicopter, took five or six steps, then reached back for something. It was his whip! It’s weird, because in that moment, he wasn’t Harrison Ford – he was Indiana Jones. I was watching him pulling out that whip, untangling it, putting grease on it, and then he held it and I thought, ‘Oh, my God. This is real.’”
But Indiana Jones isn’t the only returning screen favorite in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” To Indy’s surprise, he also reunites with the greatest love of his life, a woman he’s never completely been able to forget: Marion Ravenwood, again played by Karen Allen. For the story, bringing back Marion made complete sense, says screenwriter David Koepp. “The thing about Marion and Indy is that they so clearly belong together.”
Executive producer Kathleen Kennedy adds, “The minute Karen smiles, she’s right back to when we were shooting the first movie. There’s very little that’s changed about her spirit.”
Allen does smile when she reflects on Marion’s fiery spirit, which illuminated “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “She’s a very strong character,” Allen says. “I think she’s somebody who fell very hard for Indy when she was a teenager, and in that wonderful, old-fashioned, romantic way, Indiana Jones is the love of her life.
“But,” Allen observes, “he wasn’t the kind of person who could be around, and she understood that from the beginning. She was a modern girl. A lot of people said she was ‘spunky.’ It’s not just spunk – she’s resourceful. She knows how to take care of herself and take care of other people. She didn’t want to stop Indy from being who he is.”
Allen’s return to the screen is something her fellow actors were eager to see. “Everyone just cheered at the end of her first take,” says co-star Cate Blanchett. “She’s just this extraordinarily liberated presence onscreen. I remember seeing her for the first time and thinking there was no other heroine I’d ever seen as free and feisty as that. Karen is just so buoyant. You fall in love with her both as a person and a screen presence.”
For Lucas, there’s a good reason audiences have found Marion to be the most memorable, and perhaps formidable, of Indy’s on-screen loves. “Marion has got a great sense of humor, and that’s really Karen,” he says. “She’s fun to be with, she’s strong, she’s up to Indy and you believe that only she could put him in his place. They’re a real team together.”
Marion isn’t the only strong female character he encounters this time around – indeed, the story’s ruthless villain is Soviet agent Irina Spalko. OscarŽ and BAFTA Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett plays Spalko, leader of the Soviet Army’s quest for the Crystal Skull. It’s the first time she’s played what she terms an “out-and-out baddie,” and she says it turned out to be gleeful fun.
“Spalko has an almost impenetrable steel-like quality to her – you know, not a hair out of place, no matter what she’s doing, never anything on her boots no matter what mud she’s walking through,” Blanchett says. “There’s a remarkable precision about her. She’s penetrating and, therefore, potentially lethal.”
While on set, Blanchett says, “You’ve got to be ready for anything, because Steven often changes things in the moment.” Blanchett learned to fence for an intense sword fighting scene that took place in the jungle – on top of moving vehicles. And if that wasn’t enough, the director decided to throw one more thing in the mix. “We were doing a chase sequence through the jungle in Hawaii and all of a sudden, he wanted to introduce a karate-chop sequence,” Blanchett recalls, “so we had to get that together very quickly. It’s a great way to work, actually, because it means that everything you do is really fueled and focused by adrenaline.”
Executive producer George Lucas thinks audiences will have a fantastic feeling when watching Blanchett. “Movie stars don’t get a chance to play villains very often, so it’s a fun, juicy, exciting thing,” he says. “Spalko is somebody who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, and that’s what makes a good villain. As the audience, you have to believe it, you have to be afraid of it, and the way Cate plays this, you’re definitely afraid of her.”
As an Indiana Jones newcomer, Blanchett says she was amazed by the intense curiosity that surrounded the project. “I don’t think I realized before we began just how many people were desperate for another installment. It’s really a fantastic feeling.”
As seriously as Blanchett took the task of playing a formidable villain, she says part of her was always giddy about being in an Indiana Jones movie. “Everyone at my primary school wanted to kiss Harrison Ford, but I actually wanted to be Harrison Ford. I wanted to be Indiana Jones! When Harrison and Karen Allen were on screen together it was utterly electric, utterly transporting. The ‘Raiders’ theme still gives me goose bumps.”
“You get breathless,” he says. “Your breath literally leaves you. For me, though, part of that reaction had to do with the way I saw him in full costume for the first time. We were on an Air Force base, and we were doing vehicle training. Harrison flew in on a helicopter. He got out of the helicopter, took five or six steps, then reached back for something. It was his whip! It’s weird, because in that moment, he wasn’t Harrison Ford – he was Indiana Jones. I was watching him pulling out that whip, untangling it, putting grease on it, and then he held it and I thought, ‘Oh, my God. This is real.’”
But Indiana Jones isn’t the only returning screen favorite in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” To Indy’s surprise, he also reunites with the greatest love of his life, a woman he’s never completely been able to forget: Marion Ravenwood, again played by Karen Allen. For the story, bringing back Marion made complete sense, says screenwriter David Koepp. “The thing about Marion and Indy is that they so clearly belong together.”
Executive producer Kathleen Kennedy adds, “The minute Karen smiles, she’s right back to when we were shooting the first movie. There’s very little that’s changed about her spirit.”
Allen does smile when she reflects on Marion’s fiery spirit, which illuminated “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “She’s a very strong character,” Allen says. “I think she’s somebody who fell very hard for Indy when she was a teenager, and in that wonderful, old-fashioned, romantic way, Indiana Jones is the love of her life.
“But,” Allen observes, “he wasn’t the kind of person who could be around, and she understood that from the beginning. She was a modern girl. A lot of people said she was ‘spunky.’ It’s not just spunk – she’s resourceful. She knows how to take care of herself and take care of other people. She didn’t want to stop Indy from being who he is.”
Allen’s return to the screen is something her fellow actors were eager to see. “Everyone just cheered at the end of her first take,” says co-star Cate Blanchett. “She’s just this extraordinarily liberated presence onscreen. I remember seeing her for the first time and thinking there was no other heroine I’d ever seen as free and feisty as that. Karen is just so buoyant. You fall in love with her both as a person and a screen presence.”
For Lucas, there’s a good reason audiences have found Marion to be the most memorable, and perhaps formidable, of Indy’s on-screen loves. “Marion has got a great sense of humor, and that’s really Karen,” he says. “She’s fun to be with, she’s strong, she’s up to Indy and you believe that only she could put him in his place. They’re a real team together.”
Marion isn’t the only strong female character he encounters this time around – indeed, the story’s ruthless villain is Soviet agent Irina Spalko. OscarŽ and BAFTA Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett plays Spalko, leader of the Soviet Army’s quest for the Crystal Skull. It’s the first time she’s played what she terms an “out-and-out baddie,” and she says it turned out to be gleeful fun.
“Spalko has an almost impenetrable steel-like quality to her – you know, not a hair out of place, no matter what she’s doing, never anything on her boots no matter what mud she’s walking through,” Blanchett says. “There’s a remarkable precision about her. She’s penetrating and, therefore, potentially lethal.”
While on set, Blanchett says, “You’ve got to be ready for anything, because Steven often changes things in the moment.” Blanchett learned to fence for an intense sword fighting scene that took place in the jungle – on top of moving vehicles. And if that wasn’t enough, the director decided to throw one more thing in the mix. “We were doing a chase sequence through the jungle in Hawaii and all of a sudden, he wanted to introduce a karate-chop sequence,” Blanchett recalls, “so we had to get that together very quickly. It’s a great way to work, actually, because it means that everything you do is really fueled and focused by adrenaline.”
Executive producer George Lucas thinks audiences will have a fantastic feeling when watching Blanchett. “Movie stars don’t get a chance to play villains very often, so it’s a fun, juicy, exciting thing,” he says. “Spalko is somebody who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, and that’s what makes a good villain. As the audience, you have to believe it, you have to be afraid of it, and the way Cate plays this, you’re definitely afraid of her.”
As an Indiana Jones newcomer, Blanchett says she was amazed by the intense curiosity that surrounded the project. “I don’t think I realized before we began just how many people were desperate for another installment. It’s really a fantastic feeling.”
As seriously as Blanchett took the task of playing a formidable villain, she says part of her was always giddy about being in an Indiana Jones movie. “Everyone at my primary school wanted to kiss Harrison Ford, but I actually wanted to be Harrison Ford. I wanted to be Indiana Jones! When Harrison and Karen Allen were on screen together it was utterly electric, utterly transporting. The ‘Raiders’ theme still gives me goose bumps.”
Chris