Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Fate Shaunette star Renée Wilson revealed that she took notes to director James Mangold about one of her character’s scenes.

Wilson, formerly known for her role as Doctor Mina Okafor in the Fox medical drama Residentplayed CIA Agent Mason in the fifth Indiana Jones film, which was released June 28.

“I was so excited,” said the 33-year-old Guyana-American actor Diversity about her casting at the Cannes premiere in May.

“I’m pretty impressed about a lot of things, but I also have thoughts and want to give an opinion on my character in particular. And James Mangold’s excellence and magic was his ability to cooperate, and he listened to me and he was very honest about it and absorbed what I said and it was done in the rewrite. That’s a great part of the process – to really feel like you’re part of it and that you have a point of view when it comes to what’s being written.”

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In the film, Wilson’s character is shot dead by Jürgen Voller, Mads Mikkelsen’s vile Nazi astrophysicist. In the interview with Diversitywhich the publication kept until after its release to avoid sharing spoilers, Wilson said her character’s departure from the original film was “problematic”.

“Well, I don’t want to reveal too much, but my character has a special way of getting out of the movie,” Wilson said. Diversity. “And at first I found it a bit too offensive and a bit problematic, and I thought, ‘Maybe we don’t have to say these words or do it this way, and this is something I’m not comfortable with. ‘”

Wilson praised Mangold for his openness to collaborating, adding: “He said, ‘You know what, you’re absolutely right, I hear you. That’s what I marked as well.’ And we were able to work on it.

independence Representatives of Lucasfilm, Disney and Mangold have been contacted for comment.

Harrison Ford’s fifth and final outing as archaeologist and explorer celebrated its $130 million (£102 million) global opening over the weekend.

The film revolves around the hunt for an ancient treasure that can be used to “read the cracks in time”, potentially allowing the user to travel back in time. However, fans were quick to notice a major “plot hole” created by this plot.

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In a three-star review of the film for independence, Geoffrey Macnab wrote: “Tonalally, the film fluctuates. It pulls in too many different directions at once. On the one hand, this is an exercise in affectionate nostalgia.

“On the other hand, like its predecessors, it is an old-fashioned lighting adventure in which the characterization is intentionally extended. Some episodes are savvy and ironic, while others seem painfully innocent.

Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Fate now out in theaters.