Tom was apparently left “heartbroken” when 'Magnum' was then picked up and its maker wouldn't release him from his contract to play Indiana. Harrison's co-star in 'Raiders', Karen Allen, 72, previously told Variety: “Tom Selleck had been cast, and then it turned out 'Magnum, P.I. ' got picked up.
Which actor famously turned down the role of Indiana Jones?
It turns out that before it became one of Harrison Ford's landmark roles, there was another leading man the Indiana Jones team were keen to hunt down. That man was Tom Selleck, who has just revealed that he was originally offered the role as the intrepid archaeologist, but decided not to don the famous hat and whip.
BLUE BLOODS star Tom Selleck missed out on playing Indiana Jones when his hit show MAGNUM, P.I. took off. “Tom previously had done a pilot for MAGNUM, P.I. before being asked to play Indiana Jones,” Karen Allen, who played Marion Ravenwood in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK told Fox News Digital.
After shooting "Magnum," Selleck was offered the lead role in the 1981 picture, "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark," by its famed director, Steven Spielberg, himself. "Steven [Spielberg] said, 'Here's the script. Go read it.
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What movie did Tom Selleck turn down?
Tom Selleck almost became Karen Allen's love interest when she was cast to play Marion Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." "Tom previously had done a pilot for 'Magnum, P.I. ' before being asked to play Indiana Jones," the actress explained to Fox News Digital.
His recurring role as a naïve P.I. in The Rockford Files led Selleck to find a mentor and lifelong friend in the show's star, James Garner. In 1979, Selleck won leading man roles in The Sacketts (opposite Sam Elliot and Jeff Osterhage, as well as Western movie legends Glenn Ford and Ben Johnson).
Tom Selleck was approached to play the role of Indiana Jones, but he declined because he was committed to his role on Magnum P.I. The actor's strike of 1980 would have given Tom Selleck the opportunity to play the role, but it's one of those, “what could have been” moments.
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Who turned down the role of Jenny in Forrest Gump?
Jenny was played by Emmy-nominated actress Robin Wright, but as with Hanks, she wasn't the first pick. The studio offered the role to both Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs, Panic Room) and Demi Moore (Ghost, G.I. Jane), who ultimately passed.
Ford's particularly impassioned opinions were never turned towards Indiana Jones, and it's quite obvious that through the decades Harrison Ford has embraced his Indiana Jones character a lot more. In reality, it's evident he has embraced the Indiana Jones franchise over the Star Wars' universe entirely.
How old was Harrison Ford in the first Indiana Jones?
Fans are definitely curious about this. Let us find out. According to information available about the film and the actor, Harrison Ford was 38 when he appeared in the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). During filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Harrison Ford was 41.
“We had multiple teams in England, Scotland, Sicily, and Morocco,” he explains. “We also had visual effects shoots in Austria and New York. Each country requires a large team for a project of this scale.
Allegiance(s) Marion Ravenwood (also known as Marion "Mary" Williams around 1938 to 1957) was the daughter of the American archaeologist Abner Ravenwood and the wife of Colin Williams, and later, Indiana Jones, with whom she had a son, Henry III or "Mutt".
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Tom Selleck has never been married to Whoopi Goldberg. The Magnum P.I. actor has been married only twice in his lifetime. He has been married to Jillie Joan Mack for more than three decades.
