Why did George Lucas drop Karen Allen from Indy films
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 12:21 pm
the latest Indianna Jones film is to get it's U.K premiere next week and it's started me thinking.
One of the things that disappointed me about the Indianna Jones trilogy was that Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood didn't appear in any of the sequels. it seems Stephen Spielberg wanted her, but George Lucas wanted Harrison Ford to have a different love interest in the other films. they managed to explain Marion's absence from the 2nd movie The Temple Of Doom by making it a prequel, setting the story in 1935 comapared to Raiders Of The Lost Ark set in 1936. yet in The Last Crusade she was no-where to be seen, replaced by another leading lady who turned out to be a Nazi.
the problem i had with that apart from Karen's brilliantly fiesty performance, was that Marion as a young woman had a long term relationship with Indy. Then they reuntied after an absence of 10-yrs for 'Raiders' at the end of the film they walked down the street hand, clearly in love with each other and presumably about to get married.
at first i was delighted to discover Karen was to reprise Marion, but that became a disappointment when i learned that it would only be a cameo and that Kate Blachett was the leading lady. however, not knowing the plot, but discovering Blanchett is actually a nast KGB agent, i'm hoping Karen Allen may actually have a major role in the film and that she finally pins down Indy for life!
One of the things that disappointed me about the Indianna Jones trilogy was that Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood didn't appear in any of the sequels. it seems Stephen Spielberg wanted her, but George Lucas wanted Harrison Ford to have a different love interest in the other films. they managed to explain Marion's absence from the 2nd movie The Temple Of Doom by making it a prequel, setting the story in 1935 comapared to Raiders Of The Lost Ark set in 1936. yet in The Last Crusade she was no-where to be seen, replaced by another leading lady who turned out to be a Nazi.
the problem i had with that apart from Karen's brilliantly fiesty performance, was that Marion as a young woman had a long term relationship with Indy. Then they reuntied after an absence of 10-yrs for 'Raiders' at the end of the film they walked down the street hand, clearly in love with each other and presumably about to get married.
at first i was delighted to discover Karen was to reprise Marion, but that became a disappointment when i learned that it would only be a cameo and that Kate Blachett was the leading lady. however, not knowing the plot, but discovering Blanchett is actually a nast KGB agent, i'm hoping Karen Allen may actually have a major role in the film and that she finally pins down Indy for life!