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Indiana Jones Almost Had a Different Face
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Steven Spielberg spilled the tea on how Tom Selleck nearly became Indiana Jones—yes, the Magnum P.I. guy—before Harrison Ford swooped in. Spielberg and Lucas loved Selleck’s screen test, but his TV schedule clashed with the film’s timeline. Then Spielberg saw Ford in The Empire Strikes Back and knew he was the one. Ford loved the script, signed on, and the rest is history: a franchise that’s conquered movies, TV, games, and theme parks. One casting call, one alternate universe, and pop culture as we know it changed forever.
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