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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom celebrated its 30-year anniversary this past weekend, so there was no shortage of cool Indy tidbits to parse through if you’re a fan of Harrison Ford’s swashbuckling adventurer. One of the cooler stories to get time in the spotlight was featured in a Yahoo! Movies interview with actor Nizwar Karanj, who plays the poor guy early in the film who gets his heart ripped out by Mola Ram. That scene is pretty graphic – and one of the reasons why the MPAA created the PG-13 rating in the first place – but Karanj reveals that Spielberg wanted it to be even more brutal. According to the actor, Spielberg commissioned a face mold of the actor that would also be lowered into the lava before melting off the skull &ndash...

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Steven Spielberg.s wicked, terrifying and triumphant sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, celebrated its 30th birthday over the Memorial Day weekend. If you weren.t aware, Spielberg.s second Indy movie came out on May 23, 1984, and several sites went above and beyond to commemorate the anniversary with tribute columns dedicated to Indiana Jones. quest for "fortune and glory" -- including this fascinating conversation that talked about a key, vicious scene that had to be severely trimmed before it was able to screen in theaters. Hope you have a strong stomach, fans! This interview Yahoo Movies conducted with Indian actor Nizwar Karanj shed light on a bit of trivia I did not know about the filming and editing of this stellar prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Karanj, if you didn.t know, was the unfortunate Thuggee who has his heart ripped out by the menacing...