See , this would have made Indy 4 better. Even saying this as a girl. Lucas wanted Indy to have had a Daughter and that would have been a million times cooler than Mutt Williams :/ Steven just had a boycrush on La Puff and demanded his inclusion :/
Lucas wanted Indy to have a Daughter? HE DID HAVE A DAUGHTER!
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Unfrotunately, Lucas deleted those scenes on the DVD release of the Young Indiana Jones Adventures, so he retconned her hard. And I just love this quote from the page.
"However, Spielberg objected to the idea, finding it too similar to The Lost World: Jurassic Park."
Wow. Surely having a father/son dynamic has never ever been done by Spielberg before.....
Hook
Minority Report
Catch me if you can
War of the Worlds (Daughter was just baggage)
And less we forget...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
I'll even throw in Temple of Doom just because Short Round was a freaking boy.
Honestly, I think people have already forgotten the Lost World by now. Not to mention that this would have been Indiana's legitimate daughter (She didn't look mix race to me. Does that always happen?) and that the whole family would be there. I can totally see how audiences would see the comparisons.
And on the subject, with the exception of the Color Purple, has Spielberg ever made a film with a female lead in it? He and George must be boy crazy.