A July 2000 clip from Late Night with Conan OBrien has gone viral on social media for featuring the eponymous late night host making a joke to Harrison Ford about the actor playing Indiana Jones when hes 80 years old. That panned out to be somewhat true in the recently-released Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which opened in theaters just a few weeks before Ford turns 81.
People will never get tired of that genre, OBrien told Ford at the time. When youre 80 you could just do ones where they bring the treasures to you.
Ford burst into laughter, with OBrien adding that an Indiana Jones movie starring an 80-year-old Harrison Ford could be titled, Indiana Jones and the Comfortable Bed.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny marks Fords final outing as the iconic archeologist. While he is done with playing Indiana Jones, Ford has no plans to retire from acting as he turns 81. He just joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Brave New World, which recently wrapped production in Atlanta, and hes got the Apple TV+ comedy Shrinking and the Paramount+ drama 1923 heading into second seasons once the writers strike concludes.
When asked last month if he plans to retire, Ford said, I dont. I dont do well when I dont have work. I love to work. I love to feel useful. Its my Jones. I want to be helpful
It is the people you get to work with, he added about why he wants to keep acting. The intensity and the intimacy of collaboration. Its the combined ambition somehow forged from words on a page. I dont plan what I want to do in a scene. I dont feel obliged to do anything. Im naturally affected by things that I work on.
Fords Dial of Destiny promotional tour reunited him with Conan OBrien on the latters Conan OBrien Needs a Friend podcast. Their discussion went viral after Ford roasted OBrien for having a note reminding him that Ford played Han Solo in Star Wars.
You cant fucking remember that? Ford asked OBrien.
No I cant. I cant remember Han Solo, OBrien said. I wrote it down because I heard that you were in some of the Star Wars films, and this was news to me because Ive seen those films and I dont exactly think that you pop.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is now playing in theaters nationwide.
Conan’s pitch for an 80-Year-Old Indiana Jones movie, from July 2000. pic.twitter.com/Fm12tAm7Jv
Matthew “Movies” Thomason (@ResDolph) July 6, 2023