"Jurassic Park" and "Indiana Jones" have had close ties over the years. Harrison Ford was initially considered for the role of Dr. Alan Grant before Sam Neill was cast, and additionally, David Koepp, who wrote the script for the original movie that took 65 years in the making, also penned Indy's last two adventures as well . When it came to the Gareth Edwards-directed "Jurassic World: Rebirth," however, the filmmaker needed an idea for a specific scene and drew inspiration from the efforts of good Doctor Jones.
In an interview with Empire , Edwards broke down the sequence that saw Jonathan Bailey's character, Dr. Henry Loomis (who was revealed to know Grant in the film) , enter a Quetzalcoatlus nest to take its egg. The act needed light fingers, and Edwards paid homage to Jones' c