Hitting cinemas tomorrow in the States and already out in the UK and around the world, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is set to enjoy a bumper box office weekend and one of the key moments in the film features Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her character Helena Shaw, Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones and an absolute peach of a punch. Phoebe explains.
“It’s such a brilliant cut, and it’s such an excellently scripted moment. And particularly because there’s so much fighting and left hooks and all that stuff all the way through the film, when she’s just fighting the bad guys,” Waller-Bridge tells EW. “But to have to level a punch to the hero of the film… It was glorious, because it was so funny.”
The British star laughs when EW tells her that at both screenings we’ve attended, audiences loudly cheered at that moment. This makes Waller-Bridge laugh, but she hopes viewers understand her character’s decision in the moment. “Underneath, it really had heart and emotion. And that’s really a testament to Jim [Mangold, director] and the Butterworths [Jez and John-Henry] for writing a moment like that. I hope the audience understands why she does it.”
