Allen's I/V 2

y interesting roles that get written ... for women in their 50s and 60s. ... Some of the most interesting roles out there for such women are now on television. Allen: It's a bigger decision, because with television, you're often agreeing to do something for five, six, seven years. Again, it's a matter of, you know, your life sort of revolves around it in the sense that often it would be a matter of relocating. ... And I think really, because I've been raising my son, this is the first time I could even think about relocating and think of it as something I could possibly do. I really don't know. I'm undecided about that. I kind of like where I live. And I like projects that have a beginning, a middle and an end, that isn't like seven years or five years. ... What's the most unusual or remote place you've been recognized as Marion? Allen: I could tell you the funniest time I was recognized. But it was here in Los Angeles, it was just the situation. I had a boyfriend who lived here in Los Angeles and I came here to surprise him on his birthday, and some friends of his were going to do a dinner to sort of get him out of the house, while I came into the house to surprise him when he came home. And I had a key to the house. And I came in through the front door, and then I called to say I'm here to his friends. And they sort of ended the dinner. And I was sitting in the house. And he came home, opened the door--started to open the door--and I'm listening, getting ready to say surprise, and all of a sudden I don't hear any noise. And I wait and I wait and I wait and I wait, and I don't hear any footsteps in the house. And I keep waiting and keep waiting, and I'm thinking what happened to him? This story continues below the image. Shia LaBeouf (top, center) stars as Mutt Williams and Karen Allen (bottom, center) plays his mother, Marion Ravenwood. (David James for Paramount) And I finally got up and I went to the door, and the door's slightly ajar. I went outside, I'm looking around outside, I don't see him, and all of a sudden I hear police helicopters above the house and ... lights are flashing all over the top of the house. And I'm thinking, "What's going on? What's going on?" And I'm thinking, "Oh, my God, somehow he thinks somebody's [broken into] his house." ... And I look out, ... in the yard, I see two cops with their guns drawn, coming towards [me]. And they're like, "Freeze!" I'm like [raises hands], "I'm his girlfriend! I'm his girlfriend!" And I very consciously go over and I pull open the door, and ... the policeman says to me, "Weren't you in Raiders of the Lost Ark?" I'm like, "YES!!" [laughs] Can you describe your first meeting with Harrison on set again, after you hadn't seen him for a long time? Was it like a college reunion almost? Allen: It was fantastic. ... I was just sort of there, with my different costumes. They wanted me to try on stuff, and Harrison just kind of bounded up into my trailer, gave me a big hug, and we just were talking, catching up. I hadn't seen him for a couple of years. You know, we used to live in the same neighborhood in New York, just five or six years ago, so I used to run into him on the sidewalk from time to time, which was quite funny, because he so doesn't want to be recognized when he's out on the street. He so kind of tries to, you know [mimes covering her face with her coat], not be recognized, and I would see him and I'd go, "Harrison!" And he'd kind of go over, kind of underneath an awning or something, and I'd be, "Harrison! It's Karen!" And then he'd like turn around, and then he'd relax. But he so doesn't want anybody to see him when, you know, he doesn't want to be seen. But I hadn't seen him for maybe four years or something like that. ... There's the Harrison on