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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

The Backstory: Harrison Ford: 2nd Choice for Indiana Jones?

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Entertainment News, Music, Music History, Comedy

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

When we look at iconic movies, we can’t imagine them being different in any way from what we finally see on the screen. But making movies is an evolutionary process. Turns out Raiders of the Lost Ark almost didn’t get made and the role of Indiana Jones almost went to another very popular actor.

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0:00.0

All right, there's been some unsubstantiated talk in the last few years and especially the last few months

0:05.9

about the possible return of Indiana Jones to the big screen. But the fifth flick in this series,

0:12.6

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny out in 2023, was the final episode with Harrison Ford in the lead.

0:20.2

So how do you replace him? I mean,

0:23.2

nobody but Harrison Ford can play that role, or can they? Forty-five years ago, Harrison Ford

0:29.6

wasn't actually the first choice. I'm Patty Steele. Who almost played Indiana Jones? How did the movie

0:36.6

almost not get made?

0:38.7

And who could play indie in the future? That's next on the backstory.

0:45.2

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:50.1

Malcolm Gladwell here. This season on Revisionous History, we're going back to the spring of

0:54.6

1988 to a town in northwest Alabama, where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control.

1:01.2

And he said, I've been in prison 24, 25 years. That's probably not long enough. I didn't kill

1:06.6

him. From Revisionous History, this is The Alabama Murders.

1:12.0

Listen to Revisionist History, The Alabama Murders on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:20.1

When news broke earlier this year that baby KJ, a newborn in Philadelphia, had successfully received the world's first personalized gene editing treatment.

1:30.4

It represented a milestone for both researchers and patients.

1:34.4

But there's a gripping tale of discovery behind this accomplishment and its creators.

1:37.6

I'm Evan Ratliff, and together with biographer Walter Isaacson,

1:40.5

we're delving into the story of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Dowdna,

1:43.4

the woman who's helped change the trajectory of humanity.

1:47.9

Listen to Aunt CRISPR, the story of Jennifer Dowdna with Walter Isaacson on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:51.8

Michael Lewis here.

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