Harrison Ford defends de-aging in new ‘Indiana Jones’ movie

He’s whipping nay-sayers into shape.

Harrison Ford slammed critics who complained about his de-aged appearance in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” stating that it wasn’t “photoshop magic,” reports Entertainment Weekly.

“I know that that is my face,” Ford, 80, said at a Cannes press conference last week. “It’s not a kind of Photoshop magic — that’s what I looked like 35 years ago.”

“Because Lucasfilm has every frame of film that we’ve made together over all of these years. And this process, this scientific mining of this library, this was put to good [use],” continued the legendary actor. “It’s just a trick unless it’s supported by a story, and it sticks out like a sore thumb if it’s not honest, it’s not real … I mean, emotionally real. And so I think it was used very skillfully.”

The Post reached out to Ford for comment.

According to the prolific actor, seeing his younger self on screen was “spooky.”

The film — which premiered at the iconic festival after being announced in 2022 and suffering several on and off-set problems — released a trailer in December featuring the younger-looking Ford in an apparent flashback sequence.

“My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology, you just watch it and go, ‘Oh my God, they just found footage. This was a thing they shot 40 years ago,’ ” producer Kathleen Kennedy, 69, told Empire Magazine.

While the “Star Wars” actor supports the de-aging in his films, Ford revealed that he is quite happy to be in his 80s.

“I’m very happy with it, but I don’t look back and say, ‘I wish I was that guy again,’ because I don’t,” commented Ford. “I’m real happy with age. I love being older. It was great to be young, but s—fire I could be dead, and I’m still working.”

Despite the box office success of the franchise, the 80-year-old said earlier this month that he is ready to hang up his hat when it comes to doing more “Indiana Jones” films.

“This is the final film in the series, and this is the last time I’ll play the character. I anticipate that it will be the last time that he appears in a film,” Ford told Total Film.

“I had been ambitious to do this film for 10 years, and there finally came a time when we all committed to that,” he added. “It was a joyous moment for me. I think it’s a rare situation that I find myself in.”

“I’ve been able to deliver amazing films developed by Steven [Spielberg] and George [Lucas] over a 40-year period, and to end it not with a whimper, but a bang, has been my greatest ambition for this excursion,” continued the “Blade Runner” star.

According to Ford, once “Dial of Destiny” opens in theaters worldwide, he plans “to sit down and rest a little bit.”

The franchise first debuted in 1981 with “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which made nearly $4 million at the box office.

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is set to whip its way into theaters on June 30, 2023.