It’s been 42 years since Harrison Ford first performed Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

And extremely it’s additionally been 15 years for the reason that final outing, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which isn’t as fondly remembered by followers as the unique Eighties trilogy.

Nevertheless, the Hollywood legend is again for a fifth and closing journey with Indy set 1969 and as soon as once more sees him bashing Nazis.

On the lengthy delay for Indiana Jones 5, which is the primary within the collection to not be directed by Steven Spielberg, the 80-year-old advised Digital Spy: “Well, it wasn’t as though we sat around for 10 years waiting to come up with an idea. When we finished the last film, I don’t think anybody thought about going and doing another film for some time.

“And then there were some interesting ideas that were floated. But they didn’t quite gel over a period of time. And then we found an idea, and a script, and a strong story that we wanted to tell.”

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Ford stated of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: “I’m very happy with the story that we’re telling.

“We’re coming to the end of Indiana Jones’ time on the planet, and I wanted to see a conclusion of his story that accommodated the reality of his age, and what that effect has on this person that we’ve come to know over the years.”

The motion star additionally spoke out on his closing day on set enjoying Indy, an element he’s now saying goodbye to after virtually half a century.

Ford stated of his closing day on set: “The feeling I had is the sensation you’ve whenever you’ve made one thing, and you’ll have a look at it, or you’ll be able to keep in mind having made it, [and having] the satisfaction of placing work in, and getting one thing worthy out of it. I felt a way of peace, a way of contentment, that this explicit job that [James Mangold] and I and all the opposite individuals concerned had performed collectively, was concluded in a means that actually felt satisfying to me. It is my hope that others discover it as satisfying as I did.”

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hits UK cinemas on June 28, 2023.

Read the total interview with Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Digital Spy web site.