We’re not saying Conan O’Brien can predict the future, but what clearly started as a joke with an absurd premise has gradually become far more likely.
Although the part about his age probably seemed like a joke when the actor and host filmed that episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the idea of Harrison Ford returning to the Indiana Jones franchise as an octogenarian has become considerably more feasible in recent years.
Ford returned to the franchise seven years after this interview to make (the often maligned) Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the age of 64, and he’s currently getting ready for a fifth installment in the series — which is slated to debut in 2020.