Trivia: Who portrayed a young Indiana Jones in “The Last Crusade”?
River Phoenix
Macaulay Culkin
Neil Patrick Harris
Fred Savage
The correct answer is River Phoenix
So why is this answer correct? : The Last Crusade” begins with a 10-minute flashback sequence. During these opening scenes — which explain how Indy got his hat, whip, and fear of snakes — River Phoenix portrays a young Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford suggested they cast Phoenix in the role, having worked alongside the child star three years earlier in “The Mosquito Coast.”