Actor Harrison Ford chats with Entertainment Weekly magazine about his work on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as what it was like to reteam with Spielberg and doing his own stunts.

EXCERPT:

Everyone says you do as many or more stunts in Crystal Skull as you did in the earlier ones.
I probably did, because of one development: They’ve learned how to ‘’safety” us with [guide wires] in a way that we didn’t do before. It’s a simple matter now to remove the wire [with digital CG doctoring]. That meant it was safe to do a number of things that probably wouldn’t have been as safe 15, 20 years ago.

Why not let a stunt guy do it and just have them paste your face on digitally?
I like doing stunts. There’s a degree of honesty when it comes down to physical work, that I enjoy. Gotta dig a ditch from here to there, and you gotta beat up five guys to get there. I love physical storytelling, too. I like all the little beats and moments in the middle of a physical confrontation. And I like hanging out with the stunt guys, and rolling around on the floor with sweaty men.

Read the full interview here:
Harrison Ford Q&A: Indy Speaks!
(Entertainment Weekly)

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