Steven Spielberg’s Homage to James Bond Through ‘Indiana Jones’ Character

Steven Spielberg He has shown his talent several times. Since it started with Shark y Meet the third type closelyeven Oscar winning films like Ryan’s Private Rescue y Schindler’s Table Freein Spielberg’s long career there are cinematographic works that have greatly contributed to the history of the seventh art.

Although he has won several accolades, there is something that is still on Spielberg’s wish list to make a movie about him James Bond. For decades, the franchise of the most famous spy in the world has delighted audiences with scenes of action, shooting and dangers, starring Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan y Daniel Craig.

There are plenty of James Bond movies that were never made, from prequels to robot shark stories to adaptations, but there’s one in particular that would have been amazing given that Steven Spielberg was planning to direct it. This happened in 1977, however, there was an intervention George Lucas “prevent” him from doing so, giving life to the saga of Indiana Jones.

Lucas had been thinking about filming the adventures of an archaeologist named Indiana Smith for a long time, and Spielberg couldn’t stop thinking about Agent 007. When Star wars was released in theaters, the director sought refuge in Hawaii to try to counter the negative reviews and invited his friend and his wife to spend their vacation there. After talking for a while, Lucas offered Spielberg a “James Bond-like character,” but one that would give him complete creative freedom..

Not to be left wanting, Spielberg accepted the project and took advantage of one of the scenes from Indiana Jones to dress up Harrison Ford in the famous James Bond suit: the iconic white suit once worn by Sean Connery. Although Spielberg could not direct a film about the famous secret service agent, he could at least use one of his best films to take advantage of the moment and the wink..

Directors who were to direct ‘JAMES BOND’

Spielberg is not the only filmmaker who has wanted to make a film about the British agent. After a bad reception Another day to die, the Bond franchise was looking for a way to inject new energy into the franchise. Strangely, Quentin Tarantino he was close to being a director to do it. Alfred Hitchcock, John Woo, Danny Boyle y Peter Jackson some of the leaders who were to become part of the Bond universe.