Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Indiana Jones

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"He's never been a perfect hero."   Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge talk about bidding farewell to the world's most famous archeologist in the final chapter of the franchise, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," at Festival de Cannes.

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00:00Give them hell, Indiana Jones!

00:06One of the first lines that your character says to Elena is, whatever I said, I'm sorry.

00:14Is that something your hero does?

00:16He accepts his weaknesses and his flaws?

00:19Yes, I think so.

00:23Except, you know, he's still troubled by some of his domestic issues.

00:30And he's in the midst of a very hard time.

00:39And he is revivified by his relationship with the character that Phoebe plays.

00:45Yeah, she gets him just at the right time.

00:48For what she needs.

00:50In what way do you think that the figure of the hero changed since the first Indiana Jones?

00:56Well, he's never been a perfect hero.

00:59At heart, he's a mixed character, you know?

01:04There's a little larceny in him, in his soul, and in his pursuit of valuable archaeological

01:13articles.

01:16But there's also a soul to the man that we begin to understand in the first film.

01:25But throughout the development of that character, I feel that each film has developed the character

01:31in a way that advantages that character in the film.

01:37And so I always wanted to see him at the end of his career, since we saw him, you know,

01:43in his youth.

01:45We've been making this film for 40 years.

01:49What I love about the character, and all of the characters, and in this script as well,

01:55they're all a little bit broken in a beautiful way.

01:58And I think in a film that promises fun and adventure, the courage for it also to have

02:03such emotional gravitas in each character makes the action more exciting, makes the

02:09relationships more exciting.

02:10And I think we all will Indy to have a love story, and we will him to have happiness and

02:18to find satisfaction.

02:20And that sometimes he's his own worst enemy in attempting to get that for himself.

02:27And Mads Mikkelsen said in previous interviews that he's been a huge fan of Indiana Jones

02:32since he was a kid.

02:34What kind of relationship did you have with Indiana Jones growing up?

02:38Well, I, as Harrison keeps reminding me, was four when it came out.

02:46But I remember it being so in the DNA of my upbringing and so in the DNA of culture that

02:51I sort of grew up with, I believed that Indiana Jones was real, you know, for many years.

02:56It turns out he is, which is great.

03:00But I think that sense of adventure and humour and mischief that the films had have never

03:06really been captured in any way by any other franchise.

03:09And I've always dreamed of having an adventure, never imagined I'd have one with Indiana Jones

03:14himself.

03:15But it's a dream come true.

03:19Indiana Jones has been ranked second best hero of all times by the American Film Institute.

03:25How do you feel about that?

03:26Second?

03:27Well, it depends on who the first one was.

03:32Doesn't matter.

03:33I mean, I'm pleased that we've been able to bring five really great movies to the culture.

03:44You said it.

03:45It's the last Indiana Jones for you.

03:49How does it feel to say goodbye to Indiana Jones?

03:54It feels like a wonderful chapter in my life, a chapter that was opened doors for me and

04:03allowed me to work with other wonderful directors and make other films that I'm very pleased

04:12to have had the chance to make, be part of.

04:19But I mean, this character is singular in my experience and the most, I mean, I have

04:30not made five films, you know, of a series with any other character.

04:38So I know, I feel grateful that we had the opportunity to make this film.

04:44I'm very proud of the script that Jim developed, Jim Engle developed to round out the story

04:53of Indiana Jones.

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