Every time Karen Allen found a moment of weakness with Marion in the original “Raiders” script that didn’t seem right, “we just had to weed them out,” the actress, now 69, tells USA TODAY.

Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood is an iconic character from Indiana Jones. The actor looked back on her time on set of Raiders of the Lost Ark in honor of its 40th anniversary on June 12.

Karen Allen is rightly proud of her involvement in Raiders of the Lost Ark and suggests why it has prevailed as a rare jewel of popular culture. “ Raiders has become a film that gets passed down ...

The scene originally had Marion attempt to outwit René Belloq (Paul Freeman) to escape her confinement in a Nazi camp in Egypt. Allen had to seduce Freeman in the original scene, and the two ...

Karen Allen has provided some clarity to an ambiguous line in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” that have led some viewers to peg Indiana Jones as a pedophile, or at least a predator.

"Marion Ravenwood was every bit Indiana Jones' equal," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "That's the way we wrote her and that's what Karen made a meal of." With the new scene in place, the film ...

Harrison Ford and Karen Allen’s chemistry is one of the best parts of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Marion Ravenwood was Indiana Jones’ match and they made for a great on ...

Since 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Allen's Marion Ravenwood has been only a sporadic presence in the subsequent sequels is she in Dial of Destiny Harrison Ford.

For Karen Allen, the conclusion of Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood’s love story is bittersweet. While Allen only ends up appearing in one powerful scene, that wasn’t always the case ...

I was 100% there. In that final scene between Marion and Indy, it's been a while since they've seen each other, and it's a bit of a surprise to both of them.

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Star Karen Allen on the Bittersweet Conclusion of Indy and Marion’s Love Story The 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' star reveals she expected to be a bigger ...