answers: Tom Selleck
context: his audition and was, at one point, in talks for the role. However, he turned it down due to his concert and recording commitments. Tab Hunter, then 30, and Burt Reynolds, nearly 26, were also considered, due to their Broadway and singing credits, but they were dismissed because of their age. Richard Chamberlain was also thought too old at age 26. The producers settled on their "final five": Warren Beatty, Anthony Perkins, Russ Tamblyn, Troy Donahue, and Richard Beymer. Although he was 28 before filming began, Perkins' boyish looks and Broadway resume seemed to make him a contender for the </s> device. Sean Connery was the obvious choice to play the role for him, as James Bond was an inspiration for Indiana. George Lucas and Harrison Ford were surprised, though. Ford explained Connery (born in 1930), was only twelve years older than he was. Connery enhanced the character, who was conceived as more bookish. He came up with the line "She talks in her sleep" while filming, which caused the crew to ruin the take as they found it so funny. To prepare for the role in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", Lloyd Owen prepared by watching numerous Connery films and </s> 2018, but Ford was not involved in the production. Ford's status as a leading actor was solidified when he starred as globe-trotting archeologist Indiana Jones in the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), a collaboration between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Though Spielberg was interested in casting Ford from the beginning, Lucas was not, due to having already worked with the actor in "American Graffiti" and "Star Wars", but he eventually relented after Tom Selleck was unable to accept. Ford went on to star in the prequel "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and the sequel "Indiana
question: who was offered the role of indiana jones