10 Movie Cameos Actors Hated

Though Karen Allen returned for a relatively sizable role in the fourth Indiana Jones film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, she ultimately only come back for for a mere cameo in the recent fifth and final entry into the series, The Dial of Destiny.

Allen's Marion Ravenwood appears for just a scant few minutes at the very end of the movie, but as Allen revealed during the sequel's press tour, that wasn't always the plan - and she doesn't seem too happy about the change.

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Allen discussed how her role was curtailed once Steven Spielberg exited the director's chair and James Mangold took his place:

"When Steven was still going to direct the film, I didn't have the opportunity to read any of those scripts, although I know that Marion was much more involved in the story at that juncture... So I knew James had hired new writers and that there was going to be a whole new approach with a new director and new writers, but I was really going into the unknown...

The next thing I knew, I was reading a script that told [Dial of Destiny's] story, and of course, I was disappointed. I had thought that I would be majorly a part of the film, and that was just not the direction they decided to go... I think they had some problems to solve with the story in terms of Shia LaBeouf not coming back, and they chose to create this story that Mutt had been killed in the war and that it put a wedge between Marion and Indy. I mean, you could have knocked me over with a feather when I read it. But I was really happy that they came back together in the end.”

So, while Allen was relieved that her single scene involved the resolution of Marion and Indy's arcs, it doesn't take much reading between the lines to appreciate that she's unhappy with her role being cut down. And honestly, what working actor wouldn't be annoyed?