Published 15:09 IST, January 18th 2021

Harrison Ford recalls a scene from 'Lost Ark', says he improvised because of dysentery

Harrison Ford, the actor who portrayed Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark revealed the scene where he improvised because he was suffering from diarrhea.

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Raiders of Lost Ark is an iconic 1981 film, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan. popularity of action-venture movie has soared with time as Harrison Ford succesfully wooed audience in role of Indiana Jones. Or cast members include Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, and Denholm Elliott. Re on to kw about time when Harrison Ford h diarrhea, because of which he improvised a major scene in film.

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Harrison Ford talks about improvising some scenes in Raiders of Lost Ark 

According to a report by Cheat Sheet, le actor of action film, Harrison Ford appeared on Reddit for an 'ask me anything' session. A fan of actor asked him about fight scene in movie, Raiders of Lost Ark, where he is supposed to indulge in an intense battle with a swordsman, but inste of going all out, Ford just shot him. This humorous plot point was revealed by Ford to have been result of pure necessity. 

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Harrison Ford revealed that scene was meant to be ultimate duel between sword and whip but he was suffering from dysentery and found it really difficult to be out of his trailer for more than ten minutes at a time. Ford and Spielberg realized that complex fight scene would take days to shoot, a timeframe that ailing star was t feeling up to. refore, Ford suggested that his character should simply shoot his enemy, and director Steven Spielberg reily agreed to idea.

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More about Raiders of Lost Ark 

Raiders of Lost Ark didn’t hit big screens until 1981, but earliest draft of film was started by George Lucas in 1973. At time, leing man’s name was Indiana Smith and t Indiana Jones. Ford portrays Indiana Jones, a globe-trotting archaeologist, vying with Nazi forces in 1936, to recover long-lost Ark of Covenant, a relic said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former lover Marion Ravenwood, Jones races to stop rival archaeologist Dr. René Belloq from guiding Nazis to Ark and its power. It was first film with main character of Indiana Jones and was followed by movies like Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and Last Cruse, and Indiana Jones and Kingdom of Crystal Skull.

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15:09 IST, January 18th 2021