I know you all remember that atom bomb gag in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and especially how pretty much no one bought into it. Well, looks like director Steven Spielberg is taking responsibility for it…
I know in Indy 4, you didn’t buy the refrigerator and the atomic bomb… I know! I know! But we tried! We tried! I was pushing the envelope! By the way, I take FULL responsibility for that — that was COMPLETELY my idea! Even Harrison said to me: ‘Nobody is going to buy this!
Personally that didn’t bother so much. I could suspend my disbelief enough to buy into that gag. And, let’s be honest, the “inter-dimensional beings” pretty much overshadowed every suck part of that movie anyway.