Did Karen Allen's Sweaters Win Her the Part?

Actress tells More magazine how she came to reprise her role from the original Raiders of the Lost Ark

By Erik Pedersen May 19, 2008 5:00 AMTags
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullAlbert L. Ortega/WireImage.com

"What's funny is that his wife, Kate Capshaw, had just bought a lot of my knitwear for Christmas presents. I thought he was going to tell me he loved the presents! He said, 'Haven't you been watching television? We're doing another film, and you're in it.' And it wasn’t a cameo, it was a big, beautiful part and I was jumping up and down."

—Actress and knitwear maker Karen Allen telling More magazine how Steven Spielberg asked her to reprise her role of Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But we want to know: Did Spielberg ever say how much he loved those presents?