History Trivia / IndianaJones

** GeorgeLucasThrowback: When combined with ''AmericanGraffiti'' and the original ''StarWars'' trilogy.

* YouLookFamiliar: The Thuggee overseer and the Nazi GiantMook in parts 1 & 3 (the latter in a deleted scene) Indy kills were played by the same, late stuntman, British wrestler Pat Roach (in Part 1, he was also one of the Sherpa's with Toht that Indy fights). You may know him also as General Kael, TheDragon from another Lucasfilm production, ''{{Willow}}.''

* YouLookFamiliar: The Thuggee overseer and the Nazi GiantMook in parts 1 & 3 (the latter in a deleted scene) Indy kills were played by the same, late stuntman, British wrestler Pat Roach (in Part 1, he was also one of the Sherpa's with Toht that Indy fights). You may know him also as TheDragon from another Lucasfilm production, ''{{Willow}}.''

* YouLookFamiliar: The Thuggee overseer and the Nazi GiantMook in parts 1 & 3 (the latter in a deleted scene) Indy kills were played by the same, late stuntman Pat Roach.

** Short Round is [[TheSmartGuy Data]]. No, not that [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]], the one in ''Film/TheGoonies''.

* HeyItsThatGuy:

** [[Film/{{The Lord of the Rings}} Gimli]] is Sallah.

** In ''Crystal Skull'', the girl who punches Mutt in the diner is Sophie Spielberg, daughter of StevenSpielberg and Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott in ''Temple of Doom'').

** [[MagnumPI Tom Selleck]] was Spielberg's original pick as Indy, but Selleck was unable to get out of his contract to ''[[MagnumPI Magnum, P.I.]]'', thus paving the way for Harrison Ford. Take a look at ''High Road To China'' (1983) to get an idea of what Selleck might have been like. We dodged a bullet there. Not to mention Ford's acting career might have ended with ''StarWars'' just like most of his costars if George Lucas hadn't gotten him a second iconic role.

* YouLookFamiliar: The taskmaster and the Nazi GiantMook in parts 1 & 3 (the latter in a deleted scene) Indy kills were played by the same, late stuntman Pat Roach.

* BannedInIndia: ''Temple of Doom'', briefly, for [[UnfortunateImplications obvious reasons]].

** Donovan is played by JulianGlover, who also played Kristatos in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and General Veers from ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

** Indy's guide when the film starts is AlfredMolina of ''SpiderMan 2'' fame.

** AdolfHitler in ''The Last Crusade'' is perpetual "that guy" MichaelSheard, who was also Admiral Ozzel in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Mr Bronson in ''GrangeHill'', and various roles in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** Apparently [[LordOfTheRings Galadriel]] embraced Communism, cut her hair, and is now a brunette. Bit of a shift for CateBlanchett.

** Short Round is [[TheSmartGuy Data]]. No, not that [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]], the one in ''TheGoonies''.
** [[{{Alien}} Kane]] is Professor Harold "Ox" Oxley.
** [[{{The Lord of the Rings}} Gimli]] is Sallah.
** [[{{Scrubs}} The Janitor]] thinks Indy is spying for the Russians.

* RealLifeRelative: Isla Blair, Mrs. Julian Glover offscreen, played Mrs. Donovan.

** Short Round is [[TheSmartGuy Data]] from TheGoonies. No, not that [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]].

* YouLookFamiliar: The taskmaster and the Nazi GiantMook in parts 1 & 3 (the latter in a deleted scene) Indy kills were played by the same (deceased) stuntman.

* Henry Sr. and Marcus Brody were a couple of [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075147/ Merry Men]].

** If TheOtherWiki is to be believed about the production history of the fourth movie, we could've gotten it some fifteen years earlier with a very different plot if Lucas had not insisted on it involving extraterrestrials.

** [[{{Gandhi}} Nehru]] played Chattar Lal, Prime Minister of Pankot.

* * RefittedForSequel: ''Temple of Doom'' included several sequences originally planned for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'':

** There were loads of unfilmed scripts written for ''Young Indy'' episodes before the series was canceled. One involved Indy meeting a young Rene Belloq and unearthing a crystal skull in South America, an idea Lucas reused (obviously) for the MacGuffin of ''Crystal Skull''.

** Apparently [[LordOfTheRings Galadriel]] converted to Communism, cut her hair, and is now a brunette. Bit of a shift for CateBlanchett.

** Had Connery declined to appear in ''The Last Crusade'', Gregory Peck was Spielberg's second choice to star as Henry Sr.

** Donovan is played by JulianGlover, who also played Kristatos in ForYourEyesOnly and General Veers from [[StarWars The Empire Strikes Back.]]