Phoebe Waller-Bridge has described what she called a ‘surreal’ last day filming the new Indiana Jones film with Harrison Ford (Picture: Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm Ltd.)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has revealed what it was like to see Harrison Ford play Indiana Jones for the final time.
Harrison, 80, has been playing the part of daredevil archeologist for longer than the 37-year-old Fleabag star has been alive. Precisely, it’s been 42 years.
So it’s no surprise that the Hollywood legend had a few words to say on wrapping up the final scene of the last film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which is out in cinemas now.
But it perhaps wasn’t the moment Harrison expected it to be, as Phoebe has revealed how it was both emotional and ‘absurd’ – given what the Star Wars icon was wearing at the time.
‘There was emotion,’ she recalled, after affectionately dubbing Harrison a ‘softie’, while speaking to Greg James on his Radio 1 Breakfast Show this morning.
‘But in the final scene, we’re both in wetsuits in a paddling pool in Pinewood,’ she laughed.
Phoebe described the Hollywood icon as a ‘softie’ (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
Harrison has been playing Indiana Jones for 42 years (Picture: Paramount Pictures)
‘We had massive 1960s diving goggles on, and it was one of the more surreal days.
‘And Harrison was sort of drawn out of his paddling pool and put on top of a ladder – dripping wet in a wetsuit – and all the crew came round and everyone was sort of emotional, and he was up there in his wetsuit and just said thank you so much to everyone.’
The Fleabag star, with her trademark wit, concluded that it was really moving, but also: ‘There was something so absurd about it.’
The comedian, writer, and all-round superhero – who rocketed to fame after her one woman Edinburgh Fringe show took the theatre, and latterly TV world, by storm – also explained how she was a little nervous to be so heavily involved in such a historic production.
It is the star’s last adventure as the character, and his final speech was emotional (Picture: Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm Ltd)
She advised Harrison, in one of their first scenes together, that if she was ‘in her head’ and ‘a bit rubbish’ (yeah, tell us another one, Phoebe!) that he should let her know.
To this, Harrison asked why, and she pointed out that this film – and you, Harrison – are, er, kind of a big deal.
And so what did Harrison do, but ‘lovingly’ whack Phoebe over the head with his script.
‘It helped so much, it was hysterical,’ Phoebe remembered. ‘And then he got up and squeezed my shoulder and went, “You’re doing great, kid.”‘
Awrh, stop.
This sounds so surreal.