Most people are likely aware by now that Tom Selleck and his mustache came precariously close to playing Indiana Jones in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” before Harrison Ford locked down the role.
What they might not know, however, is that Peter Coyote nearly donned Indy’s famous fedora himself before working on another vintage 1980s Steven Spielberg-directed blockbuster.As the story goes (via Mental Floss), Coyote — who was a political theater performer and countercultural activist in the years before he started acting in film and TV in the early ’80s — auditioned to play…The post The Embarrassing Raiders of the Lost Ark Audition That Led to an E.T.
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