Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny star Harrison Ford explained how they de-aged him in the upcoming movie.

Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ford claimed they used old Lucasfilm footage to make the 80-year-old star, who previously led the four prior Indiana Jones films, look young again. "That is my actual face. At that age. They have this artificial intelligence program. It can go through every foot of film Lucasfilm owns, because I did a bunch of movies for them. They have all this footage, including film that wasn’t printed," he said. "They could mine it from where the light is coming from, the expression. But that’s my actual face. I put little dots on my face and I say the words and they make it. It’s fantastic."

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Talking about the decision to de-age Ford in Dial of Destiny, director James Mangold stated he wanted to make audiences feel like they were watching an Indiana Jones adventure that would've come out in the '80s. The director aims to pay homage to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the creative geniuses behind the previous four Indy movies, before jumping into 1969, where Dial of Destiny primarily takes place. "The audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days… and then the beginning of now," Mangold said.

Longtime producer turned Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy reaffirmed Mangold's comments, claiming that their goal is to make the flashback scenes in Dial of Destiny feel like they were shot along with the original three movies. "My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology, you just watch it and go, 'Oh my God, they just found footage. This was a thing they shot 40 years ago,'" she said. "We’re dropping you into an adventure, something Indy is looking for, and instantly you have that feeling, 'I’m in an Indiana Jones movie.'"

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Although Spielberg isn't directing the fifth Indiana Jones movie, he doesn't think fans should be worried. While he is "peripherally involved" in Dial of Destiny, he said he trusted Mangold to make most of the decisions. Spielberg added that he personally advocated for Mangold to be the one to helm Ford's final outing as Indiana Jones.

Indiana Jones 5 opens in theaters on June 30, 2023.

Source: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert via YouTube