INDIANA JONES director Spielberg worked hard to make a dark and spooky sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark within the Temple of Doom, but one stunt left him horrified of how dangerous it had been . Harrison Ford, on the opposite hand, didn't hesitate to tackle a replacement challenge.

In the final few thrilling scenes of Indiana Jones and therefore the Temple of Doom Indy (played by Harrison Ford) attempted to cross a rope bridge to urge faraway from his pursuers. Clutching the lost Sankara Stone and running from cultists, Indy had no choice but to chop the bridge’s rope and send himself and his foes into the gorge beneath them. Speaking within the Blu-ray extras for the film, Ford revealed Spielberg wouldn't go near the bridge.

Ford said: “It’s real scary. Steven was really frightened of the bridge because it had been a true bridge over 150 feet clear fall before you dashed yourself to death on rocks and shallow water.”

Spielberg explained on the extras that an area dam-building company built the bridge for the film on short notice.

And although they created a sturdy and trustworthy bridge, he couldn’t set go further than a couple of yards onto it.

He said: “I have a terrible fear of heights and when the bridge was finished I could leave 40 yards from either end… but I couldn’t go past the purpose of no return. Just couldn’t roll in the hay .”

Spielberg then revealed Ford wasn't scared of the rickety bridge in the least .

He went on: “Harrison, within the meantime, said: ‘Oh that’s nothing!’

“He ran across the bridge, first time he got on the bridge, he ran as fast as he could from one end to the opposite . I couldn’t believe he did that.”


With a smile, the director added: “But that’s Harrison Ford. He’s Indiana Jones!"

Spielberg later added: “By the way, the bridge was the safest bridge you'll possibly imagine [but] I kept all of my shots within the primary third or the last third of the bridge.”

Although the scene looked tremendously dangerous, it had been actually shot on three different continents to finish its look and keep everyone safe. 

While the important bridge was made in Sri Lanka , the shots at rock bottom of the gorge were taken in Florida.

These angles included the alligators who were eating the villains who fell into the water.

Meanwhile, the close-up shots of Ford and his friends battling against the cultists on the collapsed and hanging bridge were shot on a group in London, three weeks later.

This allowed the actors to truly dangle from an excellent height with safety precautions involved, instead of off a cliff in Sri Lanka.


While Temple of Doom was filled with wildly exciting behind-the-scenes information, Spielberg disowned the film years later, claiming it had been “too dark”.

The film itself is sort of difficult to stomach, considering it includes people eating monkey brains and hearts being ripped out of chests.

Spielberg confessed: “I wasn’t proud of the second film in the least .

“It was too dark, too subterranean, and far too horrific. i assumed it out-poltered Poltergeist.”

The director added: “There’s not an oz of my very own personal feeling in Temple of Doom.”