Re: Actually...

Posted by Anejo Joe from mlknfrw1.milliken.com on June 21, 2000 at 13:02:42:

In Reply to: Re: Actually... posted by graml on June 21, 2000 at 12:04:29:

: ... he almost did! His original name for the character was Indiana Smith, but Steven Spielberg then suggested that the name might cause confusion with those who remember a character played by Steve McQueen in the 1950's called Nevada Smith.

: :     So then they decided to name the character Indiana Jones. :)

: :
: : -G

: I remember hearing the story of Indiana Smith years ago when YIJC came out, but I don't recall hearing about the confusion with the Steve McQueen (my idol) character Nevada Smith. I heard "Jones" was chosen because "Smith" was too common. But that never made sense to me; I've known more Joneses than Smiths. Of course, there's also the rumor that he was named Indiana because Spielberrg was a big fan of Warner Bros' Michigan J. Frog. But we all know that can't be right!
: -graml
: PS I think Indiana Rabinowitz would've worked better....

How about "Indiana Spielberg"?

No, that's no good!

How about "Indiana Lucas"?

Now that's a name!

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