Indiana Jones ein unmoralischer Hosendenker? George Lucas fand die Idee interessant
Dass George Lucas einfach keine Filme mehr machen sollte zeigen ja eindrucksvoll die grottenschlechten "neuen" Star Wars Inkarnationen (inkl. Clone Wars!) und Indiana Jones und das Königreich der Kristallschädel. Dass er aber auch schon in den 70ern ziemlich unwirkliche Gedankengänge besaß, war mir bisher neu.
Im jetzt "veröffentlichten" Transcript für Jäger des Verlorenen Schatzes zwischen Lucas, Steven Spielberg und Lawrence Kasdan wird Lucas im Bezug auf das Verhältnis von Indy zu Marion Ravenwood folgendermaßen zitiert:
GL: I was thinking that this old guy could have been his mentor. He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven.
LK: And he was forty-two.
GL: He hasn't seen her in twelve years. Now she's twenty-two. It's a real strange relationship.
SS: She had better be older than twenty-two.
GL: He's thirty-five, and he knew her ten years ago when he was twenty-five and she was only twelve. It would be amusing to make her slightly young at the time.
SS: And promiscuous. She came onto him.
GL: Fifteen is right on the edge. I know it's an outrageous idea, but it is interesting. Once she's sixteen or seventeen it's not interesting anymore. But if she was fifteen and he was twenty-five and they actually had an affair the last time they met. And she was madly in love with him and he ...
Bitte George, hör auf Filme zu machen. Sofort. Bau deine Ranch aus, Geld hast Du ja genug. Wer weiß, vll. kannst Du Dir ja die Neverland Ranch von M.J. kaufen, der hat ja angeblich ähnliche Neigungen...