Now that Harrison Ford's last appearance as Indiana Jones has been released for almost a week, we take a look back at all of the times he was spotted in the North East and North Yorkshire during filming.
Over the last six months, the iconic actor and a whole host of cast, crew and equipment has been spotted on location during filming for the Dial of Destiny, including in the North East.
If you've been to see the blockbuster movie already, you may have been familiar with some of the scenes they used, due to some parts getting filmed along the North York Moors Railway and at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, where a simulated explosion was seen.
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Flicking through this gallery of pictures may also bring back some great memories for some, as away from the camera, Ford thrilled fans as he made impromptu public appearances, rocking up at a North Shields cafe on his bike on one occasion.
The 80-year-old was also seen in Newcastle, where a production team was based for two weeks.
He was spotted cycling around Newcastle's Quayside with his entourage and seen strolling about the city, where a production team was based for two weeks in 2021.
Alongside these appearances, he delighted schoolboy Evan Laven, when the A-lister walked past him and his mum during filming at Grosmont in North Yorkshire.
Here's all of the Harrison Ford images in both the North East and North Yorkshire:
A director of the new Indiana Jones movie has revealed what attracted Hollywood to Northumberland, with the film's opening scenes shot at Bamburgh Castle.
Speaking to BBC Radio Newcastle's Breakfast with Matt Bailey, location director Duncan Broadfoot said:"When we brought our director he immediately knew that Bamburgh was the right choice."
The site was one of several locations which have doubled for 1944 war-torn Nazi Germany.
Mr Broadfoot said his team had travelled the "length and breadth" of the country looking for castles.
He said: "We narrowed it down to a couple of options and when we brought our director he immediately knew that Bamburgh was the right choice.
"We were there for two weeks dressing the castle and it looked really fantastic when we came to film."
Elsewhere, Ford says he is “scared” by the prospect of artificial intelligence (AI) being used as a creative tool in the film industry.
The veteran Hollywood actor, 80, said the AI techniques used to de-age him in the latest instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise had not been at the expense of live action.
Though most of the film is shot in a modern setting, it also contains flashbacks to 1944, when Jones was in his Nazi-fighting prime.
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Asked about the use of de-ageing techniques at the film’s London premiere, Ford told the PA news agency: “I don’t want to be younger, I don’t want to be better looking.
“I just want to tell a story in which it was useful to see Indiana Jones the way we used to see him.”
He continued: “We wanted to see him the way he was in 1944.
“Well, they were able (to) – because I’ve worked with Lucasfilm for so many years (and) they have an endless number of images of me, which artificial intelligence used to find the right angle with the right light, so on and so forth."
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