CANNES, France — Harrison Ford is not an "80 is the new 40" kind of guy. He's very aware that he is old, and he has no problem with everyone else being aware of it as well. In fact, his decision to dust off the ol' fedora and resurrect his most famous character in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" was not an attempt to defy age, but to explore it.
"I wanted to round out the story," he told journalists the day after "Dial of Destiny" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. "To see this man who depended so much on his youth, the vigor of youth, I wanted to see him feel the weight of life. I wanted to see him require reinvention, and support," he added, motioning to Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who plays Indy's fearless god-daughter. "I wanted him to have a relationship that wasn't a flirty kind of relationship, that was a deep relationship."
"I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' when I was 17," said director James Mangold. "It's one of the reasons I'm a movie director. Harrison is an actor, always looking for what he's going to play. He was looking for 'Why does this movie exist?' beyond all the business reasons for it to exist."
