Political correctness it seems, knows no bounds. According to monsters&critcs.com, the great Harrison Ford has claimed that he will pull out of the new Indiana Jones project if he is not allowed to use a real whip; as opposed to a CGI one.
According to the article, new film safety rules have changed since the 80’s, and anything deemed “dangerous stuff” must use computer graphics as a replacement for the real thing.
Dr. Jones of course, ruled the new regulation “ridiculous” and threatened to leave the film if he couldn’t use the real thing.
I say goddmamn right. Harrison has been doing his own stunts for years. And as the story goes, he got the scar on his chin for wielding precisely the same whip. To use a CGI whip would cost I don’t know how many dollars and frankly would be just …. lame. Notice to all studios from MoviePatron.com: grow some balls.