It was a lot of fun. The first thing is that you realize this is a beloved character, probably one of the most in film history, and a lot of people are going to be angry no matter what I do. I?m going to get my *ss handed to me on some level, even by my fellow filmmakers or the audience,"" Koepp explains. ""So you just accept all that and go and do the best thing you can with as much love as you can.

Koepp agrees that it would be crazy not to take into account star Harrison Ford?s real age for this next installment. In fact, he suggests that if it were not in the script, Ford would likely insist on references to this being added.
Koepp himself was 18-years-old when Raiders of the Lost Ark first hit theaters back in 1981 and says that?s the movie that made him want to become a screenwriter.

?It?s hard to write when you feel the audience looking over your shoulder, but you just try and put it out of your mind.? As much as he is a fan of Indy lore, Koepp says it?s essential to discard that point of view when tapping out further adventures. ?You can?t write a fan script,? he insists. ?You have to pretend that this movie exists without the other one. The worst thing to do would be to have him make reference to things he said in the first movie, like to pun on lines of dialogue,he argues...

And pray tell, will this indie start with a gigantic set piece? ?Now, how would that not be telling you what happened in the movie? Koepp teases. ?I?m not going to tell you what happens. But with set pieces, sometimes it?s common sense and sometimes it?s a bad idea.

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