![]() ![]() ![]() ‘She hasn’t seen Raiders Indiana Jones films, she hasn’t seen Lord of the Rings. I say to her, “Why don’t you have a look at Sahara with Brooke Shields?” You see me leading a cavalry charge and that really is me!’ ‘My daughter, who jumps at about one meter 40 or 50, does not believe that I can ride a horse at all. He also ‘loves’ horses and has worked with them too without much issue – bar impressing his children, it seems. Rhys-Davies recalled working with Raiders of the Lost Ark’s famous capuchin monkey (Picture: CBS via Getty Images) Returning to Raiders, we discuss the actor’s experience working with the capuchin monkey who is assigned to follow Marion and Indy by her one-eyed assassin master, who ingratiates herself at the start with Sallah’s family. The cast is really good – I mean, it really is a damn good cast – the script is good, and Harrison, of course, is wonderful,’ Rhys-Davies adds. ‘But I think that Mangold is a great director. How the heck are we ever going to match this, let alone top it?” And then watching it top it!’ the Emmy nominee recalls. ‘I think my problem is I remember watching the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark in the cinema for the first time and seeing that opening sequence, which ends with him jumping into a plane with a python, and being depressed and thinking, “Oh my god, this is possibly the most exciting opening of a movie that I have ever seen. He also admits he’s comparing it to the first film, for which he has a fierce fondness – as do many of us – and particularly remembers wowing him when it was released. Rhys-Davies is confident the film will be a summer blockbuster, but a little more hesitant about this own reaction to the movie, after so long away. ‘It was my belief and understanding that the part would be a bit bigger,’ he adds, laughing, and it’s true that the franchise’s fans may be disappointed to see him underutilised in a cast that also includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Indy’s goddaughter Helena, Mads Mikkelsen and Antonio Banderas. ‘I could not turn down – you can’t, it would be disrespectful to Harrison, for whom I have a great deal of respect, and to the audience really not to appear.’ So, more specifically, why did he say yes this time around? ‘But Sallah is an Arab hero and more than that, there is a humanity and a grounding at least in the first one that sort of adds something to the movie.’ He concedes that the ‘interesting but tragic’ Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif – star of movies including Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia and Funny Girl – could be one too. We would go to where she was and put a green screen behind her and just make it happen,” she added.Sallah first appeared in Raiders of the Last Ark back in 1981 (Picture: CBS via Getty Images) If there’s any way to get Julie Andrews involved, I think we would make it work. Pine then joked that his “hair was about nine feet tall” in the 2004 comedy, which follows Princess Mia (Hathaway) as she is faced with a new dilemma of finding a suitable husband within 30 days, or she cannot be crowned the Queen of Genovia.ĭuring a 2022 interview with Extra TV, Pine also shared that he was yet to read a Princess Diaries 3 script, revealing that if the film is based in Los Angeles, he’ll “be there.” Meanwhile, speaking to Entertainment Tonight in 2022, the Princess of Genovia herself, Hathaway, said she would “more than entertain” the idea of starring in a third movie. “I don’t really have anything to tell you,” the actor replied when asked about the forthcoming sequel, before revealing that he gets “more people commenting” on The Princess Diaries 2 “out of everything I’ve done.” Speaking to Heat on March 23, Pine reflected on his Princess Diaries role and shared a surprising tidbit about his portrayal of the dashing Nicholas Deveraux. Speaking in January 2023, lead star Anne Hathaway said it is “thrilling” to see the “level of excitement” for the upcoming third movie, and acknowledged that waiting for Princess Diaries 3 to finally hit cinemas is “probably very frustrating” for longtime fans - many of whom have been anticipating a sequel since 2004’s The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement, which alongside Hathaway starred the likes of Julie Andrews and Chris Pine. More than 18 years after the last Princess Diaries instalment, the much-anticipated third chapter has finally been confirmed. ![]()
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