8 Ways Indiana Jones Almost Turned Out Completely Different

7. He Was Almost A Sleazy Playboy

When George Lucas first pitched the idea of Indiana Jones to his friend Steven Spielberg, he envisioned the man as a James Bond type character; an adventurer and playboy all rolled into one - a guy who pursued both ancient artefacts and women with equal interest. Though the final version of Indiana Jones retained a few aspects of these playboy-like traits in his personality, he's nowhere near as suave or as glamorous a character as the one that Lucas first thought-up. The original draft of Raiders, for example, contained a scene in which Marcus Brody arrives at Indy's house to find the archaeologist entertaining a beautiful blonde woman - and he's wearing a tuxedo. That's not all: this incarnation of Indiana Jones was also intended as a bit of a sleazeball. His thing would have been selling artefacts in order to fund his extravagant Manhattan-based lifestyle; he was less interested with their historical and cultural relevance and more concerned with whether or not he could sell them for a high price. No real passion at all. As the development process went on, the Bond-like nature of Indiana Jones gave way to the notion that Indy wasn't a playboy at all, but a full-on academic. As the pleasure seeker element was phased out, it was decided that Indiana Jones would lead a Superman-like existence as a college professor who also happened to be an adventurer. With that, Indiana Jones morphed into an intellectual, and the smarmier aspects of his personality were dropped to make way for a man who was kinder and more respectful of women... and a bit goofier, too.