Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg has revealed that he was never a fan of including Aliens in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The fourth Indiana Jones film was the last time in the director's chair for Spielberg until he returned this week.
He nicknamed the alien plot the 'MacGuffin' and admits that he did not agree with George Lucas including them.
Speaking to Empire magazine the filmmaker said: "I'm very happy with [Indiana Jones 4]. I always have been. I sympathise with people who didn't like the MacGuffin because I never liked the MacGuffin. George and I had big arguments about the MacGuffin.
"I didn't want these things to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings. But I am loyal to my best friend.
"When he writes a story he believes in - even if I don't believe in it - I'm going to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it.
"I'll add my own touches, I'll bring my own cast in, I'll shoot the way I want to shoot it, but I will always defer to George as the storyteller of the Indy series. I will never fight him on that."
Spielberg is back this week with The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - which sees him team up with Peter Jackson.
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