Raiders of the Lost Ark

When Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark was being filmed in the early eighties, Steve Edge was there helping George Lucas with the set design. And that’s not all. Both his pet monkey and his legs had roles in the film …

“My monkey, Snuff was in the movie. He was a star. There is also a famous bit when Indiana and his love interest, Marion, played by Karen Allen, are thrown into a snake pit in the middle of the desert. They have flaming torches to wave around and keep the snakes away, which slowly go out.

Karen was not prepared to get into that pit as there were real snakes in there and neither was her stunt double. So I ended up shaving my legs, putting on the white frock and climbing in instead. So when you see the clip of just legs, they are mine and Harrison’s.”