Anna Kendrick Stars in an Indiana Jones Sketch for Red Nose Day! Plus, Chris Pratt Addresses Movie Casting Rumors!

Find out who else will be participating in NBC's three-hour event

By Zach Johnson May 19, 2015 4:10 PMTags

Is there anything Anna Kendrick can't do?

After Universal Pictures' Pitch Perfect 2 debuted at No. 1 with an estimated $70.3 million—more than its predecessor earned in its entire theatrical run—the actress' options are unlimited. Given the recent rise of all-female reboots (Ghostbusters, 21 Jump Street), Kendrick opted to star in the next Indiana Jones movie—or, as it's now being called, Indianna Jones. See what she did there? Kendrick sure is clever.

Kendrick isn't actually starring in Indianna Jones and the Last Crusade, but she certainly looks the part in a promotional sketch for NBC's Red Nose Day. The three-hour, star-studded charity event airs this Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

In the sketch, Kendrick's character reimagines the Grail Room scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade​ , in which Indiana must choose wisely which cup is really the Holy Grail or face certain death. While there, she confronts the Templar Knight, who has guarding the Grail for more than 700 years.

"Such a plain cup for such a pretty lady," he tells her.

Indianna cracks her whip in his direction.

"Man, I'm a respected professor of archaeology," she says. "Time's have changed!"

"I'm sorry!" he replies. "I meant it as a compliment!"

"I have degrees!" Indianna informs him. "Ever been to college?"

"No," the Templar Knight admits. "Just night school."

After selecting the Holy Grail, Indianna gets a little greedy. "You know what? I'm going to take this one, and I'm also just going to take a couple more while I'm here because I just kind of need something nice for the living room," she says. "No disrespect, but it's kind of wasted down on here on you, you know?"

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Kendrick's video was released just before Chris Pratt shot down rumors that he plans to take over the Indiana Jones franchise from Harrison Ford. In fact, Pratt was on a four-day hunt on a Texas ranch when his manager and agent called to inform him that the casting rumor had taken the Internet by storm. "I came home, and then there was paparazzi asking me about it and people asking me to sign Indiana Jones pictures and Indiana Jones hats," Pratt says in GQ's June issue. He is already lined up for Guardians of the Galaxy sequels, not to mention the inevitable Jurassic World follow-ups, so it's unlikely. He also bonded with Steven Spielberg, who produced Jurassic World, both before and after this rumor broke.

"I just didn't bring it up and he didn't bring it up," Pratt tells GQ, "so I don't know."

Either would be a fine choice to replace Ford, of course.

Like Kendrick, Pratt is involved with Red Nose Day, as he posed for a photo.

Red Nose Day started in the U.K. in 1985 to "bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of poor and disadvantaged people, which we believe requires investing in work that addresses people's immediate needs as well as tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice." In addition to Kendrick, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Aniston, Rose Byrne, Nick Cannon, Simon Cowell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zac Efron, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Garner, Richard Gere, Neil Patrick Harris, Hoda Kotb, Matt LeBlanc, Adam Levine, John Mellencamp, Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore, Elisabeth Moss, Liam Neeson, One Direction, Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne, Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd, Nicole Scherzinger, Keith Urban, Reese Witherspoon and more will make appearances.

The TV event will also include a mockumentary sketch about the making of a fictitious Game of Thrones: The Musical. Coldplay wrote the music, and the sketch will include many of the actors from HBO's show.

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