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“He’s a man who would like to correct some of the mistakes of the past,” Mikkelsen told Empire. “There is something that could make the world a much better place to live in. He would love to get his hands on it. Indiana Jones wants to get his hands on it as well. And so, we have a story.”
Mikkelsen’s suggestion that his character wants to “correct some of the mistakes of the past” sounds a bit like Voller plans to use this mysterious Dial of Destiny to turn back time to darker days. In the film, Voller is aided by his henchman Klaber, played Boyd Holbrook. You can spot him aggressively riding a motorcycle during the ticker tape parade welcoming back the crew of Apollo 11. In fact, the film seems to delve into some real history about the Moon landing that NASA probably would prefer to sweep under the rug so many decades later, namely how a former Nazi scientist was a key member of the team who helped the American space agency send man to the Moon.
According to Empire, aerospace engineer and space architect Wernher von Braun, regarded as “the father of space travel,” was one of the key inspirations for the character of Voller.
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“The simple fact is that the moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis,” The Dial of Destiny co-writer Jez Butterworth told the outlet. “How ‘ex’ they are is the question. And it gets up Indy’s nose… The people that are behind it are, you know, his sworn enemies.”
Judging from this trailer, Indy will get to teach Voller and his lot one last lesson before finally calling it quits.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hits theaters on June 30, 2023.
