harrison ford wanted indiana jones to look his age in the dial of destiny the actor who is now 80 is playing a 70yearold version of indy in the upcoming moviein a new interview with esquire ford shared a particular scene in which he fought to show this early on in the movie indy is riding a horse on a subway platform in new york city when he finished the scene he recalled feeling hands on his legs i thought what the fuck like i was being attacked by gropers he told the magazine i look down and theres three stunt guys there making sure i didnt fall off the stirrup they said oh we were just afraid because we thought you know and bah bah bah bah and i said leave me the fuck alone im an old man leave me alone im an old man getting off a horse and i want it to look like thatits certainly refreshing for age to be a central topic in an action movie like this and ford has previously spoken about it being one of the main reasons he came back chatting to total film magazine in our big cover feature on the movie ford explained i always wanted to see a completion of the character i wanted to see indiana jones at a later stage of his life when hes beyond the youthful enthusiasm and capacity and beset by age and stifled by academia i wanted to see him engage on one more unexpected unanticipated adventureit was important james mangolds version didnt shy away from the topic continued ford i wanted it to concern age i wanted it to confront the issues of age for a character who had always been adventurous youthful and capable physically i wanted to see the effects of age on the characterindiana jones and the dial of destiny is released on june 30 for more upcoming movies check out our guide to 2023 movie release dates