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highplainsdem

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7. Article on that here:
Fri Jan 6, 2023, 10:08 PM
Jan 2023
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/raiders-lost-ark-producer-reveals-backstory-films-famous-gun-sword-scene-producer-oscar-roundta-943449/

Ford was “not feeling well,” and talk emerged to nix the big fight in lieu of something a bit quicker, although it’s unclear whose idea it actually was.

“Nobody will say who said what,” Damon said at the roundtable, chiming in.

“Somehow, somebody said, ‘I’ve got this gun, why don’t I just use it?'” Marshall recalled.

Whoever the instigator, the idea got the ball rolling quickly. “After lunch, we did three shots, and we were two days ahead of schedule, and it’s the biggest moment in the movie,” said Marshall.


That sounds too vague about whose idea it was. Ford was the only person on set who'd've said "I've got this gun" instead of "Indy's got this gun."

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