Q: "Mr. Spielberg, why did you decide to make the Russians Indiana Jones' enemies?"

A: "First off, I am Russian," said Spielberg, an American Jew, with a straight face. He was wearing his long-familiar baseball cap with the stitched motto: 'Relax.' "My descendants were from Ukraine. However, when we decided the fourth installment would take place in 1957, we had no choice but to make the Russians the enemies. World War II had just ended and the Cold War had begun. The U.S. didn't have any other enemies at the time."

Q: "Why did you give Cate Blanchett such a nonsensical name like Irina Spalko?"

A: "I had nothing to do with that. That was the screenwriters!"

also:

Blanchett is familiar to Russian roles. In Sally Potter's film, "The Man Who Cried," she made a magnificent performance as a Russian prostitute. Ingeborg Dapkunayte taught her Russian words to use during the film. This time around, though, it seems they couldn't find a suitable Russian teacher for the star and she had to stick with a thickly accented English.

just thought it was interesting

edit: sorry forgot indiana jones is owned by disney now :agony-soviet:

  • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Hoo boy. I had no idea of the context, but I looked it up

    CW for sexual violence in general here

    For anyone else who didn't know, here it is.

    L = Lawrence Kasdan, G = George Lucas, S = Steven Spielberg.

    Source:

    Basically George Lucas just decided out of nowhere that Indiana Jones raped a 12 year old, and then immediately dropped it down to a 10 year old before Spielberg was like "whoa buddy, back up a little bit"