The opening should have ended there, but Ford protested that his own introduction as a weary college professor in tweeds hardly did justice to his character. He also resented the space given to Phoenix, who had almost stolen The Mosquito Coast from under his nose, playing his son. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . The rebirth of Indiana Jones attracted network TV, and ABC rose to the suggestion of an hour-long weekly series about young Indy. ABC hoped River Phoenix would reprise his role for the series, but the young actor's career was too hot for him to commit himself to three or four years of globetrotting.
Speculation is always a dangerous undertaking.
Nevertheless, had River agreed to reprise his role for this television series it would probably be pretty safe to say that the audience levels that would have been generated would have meant that this project would not have been axed after just thirty-two episodes as actually happened. Had River spent 1991 to 1995 filming such a series, just how differently history might have turned out, one can only wonder. And it's heartbreaking to do so. Previous Page Click here for advice on obtaining this title.