INDIANA JONES PHOTO SHOOT

So yesterday we left Machu Picchu (update on that coming soon) and returned to Ollantaytambo for a few hours. It is a quaint, small town with a really famous Incan fortress on the cliffs above the city and I really wanted to see it. It is pretty impressive, as you can see from the picture to the left.
















We climbed the 16 terraces to get to the top and pretty much had the site to ourselves. It was then that I realized that it sort of looked... almost... fake. Too perfect, too "archeological" to be true. It had the look of a Hollywood movie set - something that would be constructed on one of the studio back lots for the next big blockbuster. Almost like something out of an Indiana Jones movie, like the production stills and behind-the-scenes pics of the actors on set used to promote an upcoming film, such as the ones included here.



















The photo shoot that followed after this realization needs no additional introduction. Enjoy the pictures and captions that follow!! Click the pics to get the full-sized versions - I had to enlarge them and lower the quality to make the blog layout work, but when you click them the quality is much better and they´re bigger!





INDIANA JONES V PHOTO SHOOT


SCREEN CAPTURE SHOTS




























































Escape from the temple with the Stone of Light in hand after triggering a booby trap, seconds before the spikes and blades shoot up from the ground.



























Attempting to unlock the sacred niche using the stones he found by deciphering the temple´s glyphs.

Discovery of human skeletal remains. There may be traps ahead just like the one that killed this sorry bastard.























Spying on the villians who´ve come to loot the place for their own personal gain and/or evil plans.


















































Scenes from the finale escape sequence (after the villians have died due to their own selfishness), as the entire complex collapses and is swallowed up by the earth.



PROMO SHOTS

BEHIND THE SCENES
































Teak taking in the awesome set constructed by the Universal design team.































Reginald, preparing himself on day one of the shoot of the critically acclaimed staircase chase sequence. Set designer María Saavedra can be seen in the background, giving crew members some last minute directives.





































Crew adjusting the hidden snap-release spikes for a chase scene to take place early on in the film.































Teak taking a break during the temple escape shoot.




























Reginald reviews his lines during rehearsal for the dramatic double-cross reveal and pulley scene.
































Reginald and Teak going over the next day´s schedule before heading off to their trailers.