In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actress Karen Allen said she was “disappointed” by the amount of screen time she got with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate.

The 71-year-old actress reprized her role as Marion Ravenwood, but admitted the final edit was nothing like what she envisioned. “I was reading a script that went something like this: [Dial of Destiny’s] Of course I was disappointed,” she said. “I thought I would be primarily involved in this film, but that wasn’t the direction they decided,” Allen said. hollywood reporter.

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“I think they had some issues to work out with this story in terms of Shia LaBeouf not coming back. And they had Matt killed in the war, putting a wedge between Marion and Indy.” I think I chose to tell this story,” Allen said. . “I mean, you may have feathered me when I read this. But it was really nice to finally have them together again.”

Allen said her character had a more prominent role in the previous script with director James Mangold instead of Steven Spielberg.

“I didn’t get a chance to read those scripts when Steven was still going to direct this movie, but I know Marion was more involved in the story at that point,” she said. – Told the reporter.

She admitted that she knew change was coming, but never imagined it would play out like this.

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“After Steven decided to step down as director, Steven and I spoke, and he said to me, ‘I’m sure you’ll love working with James Mangold.’ Wonderful,’ he said. So even though I knew James had a new writer and it was going to be a whole new approach with a new director and a new writer, I was really stepping into the unknown,” she said. said. (Related: ‘Trial by Fire’: ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ director reveals how Tom Cruise performed deadly stunts in new film)

“We knew there was going to be a fifth, and when we finished filming the fourth episode, we were already talking about a fifth and probably the final episode,” she said.

“Yes, I always imagined I would be in it – and I am – but in a slightly different way than I imagined.”