Ethann Isidore was 14 when he arrived on the set of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The comedian from Orleans plays a young ruffian who gets along with the character of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and who later joins the team of Indiana Jones, the grumpy archaeologist played since 1981 by Harrison Ford. Two years later, the young actor – now a high school student – crowds with the dizziness of the first times the multiple red carpets that parade under his feet. Dazzled in Cannes, enchanted by Los Angeles, Ethann Isidore spawns with Mads Mikkelsen, John Williams or even James Mangold, director of this fifth part of the saga. Le Figaro went to meet the young man on Monday, before the Parisian preview of the fifth film in the saga.
LE FIGARO – How is it to play with Harrison Ford?
Ethann ISIDORE – It was great. I remember several moments when, during filming, Harrison was constantly launching into battles of grimaces with Phoebe (Waller-Bridge, Ed.). Once they were still joking when James Mangold, the director, said “action!”. I was totally distracted, still smiling. It wasn’t a problem for Harrison, who was off camera, but I was on camera! The filmmaker pinched my ears, asked me to concentrate. In the distance, Harrison was taunting me; he was happy with his shot! It was funny to find out how much fun he could have on set.
Your generation was born at the time of the release of the fourth installment of the adventures of Indiana Jones, the last before The Dial of Destiny. Does the saga still speak to young people?
In any case, I don’t think it’s an old saga. My friends are also of the same opinion, but – afterwards – I also know that many young people my age have not yet seen the films. They enjoy a cult aura and many of us feel that the saga has greatly influenced cinema. The majority of adventure movies are inspired by Indiana Jones! Its aura even goes beyond the seventh art and has had echoes in video games in particular, with the Tomb Raider and the Uncharted. So even those who haven’t watched the different parts at least know the saga by name.
Precisely, Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes and produces a series adapted from the Tomb Raider games. Have you talked about it lately?
I wouldn’t be against playing it, I love Tomb Raider! But, for the moment, we have not discussed it.
Would you like to chain archaeological fictions? Is this hiding a career change?
The job is super stylish, but I don’t think I have the skills required for the job of archaeologist. I’m going to focus on the movies instead! (laughs)
