The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Bluest_waters on 2024-12-03 18:53:26.

Original Title: TIL George Lucas originally envisioned Indiana Jones as a nightclub going womanizer. But his writing partner nixed that and suggested making the Ark of the Covenant as the goal of Indiana’s quest as his hematologist told him about it. Spielberg agreed to direct only after losing out on James Bond.