Harry Hamlin Says He Lost Indiana Jones Role After Dissing

Harry Hamlin claims that he was near enjoying Indiana Jones, however misplaced the function to Harrison Ford due to an audition with Steven Spielberg that didn’t go as he anticipated.

In an interview with Page Six, Hamlin says that he met with Spielberg in 1978 alongside Stephanie Zimbalist, who was auditioning to play Indy’s companion, Marion Ravenwood. Spielberg informed the 2 actors that George Lucas, government producer on “Raiders,” was going to be late for the assembly and, surprisingly, requested them to make a chocolate cake whereas they waited for Lucas to reach.

“He closed the door and left and we were standing alone in this kitchen,” Hamlin mentioned. “I said, ‘Stephanie, have you ever made a chocolate cake?’ And she said, ‘No…’”

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Hamlin claims that the cooking request was truly a hidden digicam audition arrange by Spielberg and Lucas to see if he and Zimbalist had chemistry. While they had been making an attempt to make a cake within the manufacturing studio’s kitchen, Hamlin informed Zimbalist about tales he had heard about Spielberg from his pal, Amy Irving, who went on to marry Spielberg in 1985.

“I was talking about how Amy was calling her friend group in LA and saying that this guy, this director guy was stalking her in New York and how she was kind of getting annoyed because this guy, Steven Spielberg, was showing up at the stage door every night with flowers,” he mentioned.

“It never occurred to me … that we were actually in the audition while we were making the cake.”

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Ultimately, it was Harrison Ford who acquired the job as Indiana Jones, whereas Marion Ravenwood can be performed by Karen Allen. Hamlin, in the meantime, went on to star in “Clash of the Titans” and the hit ’80s TV collection “L.A. Law,” however has by no means carried out a movie with Spielberg to today.

“I didn’t get the part, OK, and I’ve never worked with Steven Spielberg, and I grant you that I never will work with Steven Spielberg and I never learned how to make a cake.”

Representatives for Spielberg didn’t reply to TheWrap’s request for remark. Spielberg is presently engaged on his adaptation of the hit musical “West Side Story,” set for launch in December.