Ke Huy Quan shared with Entertainment Weekly how Harrison Ford helped him during a scary moment on the set of Steven Spielberg’s 1984 adventure Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It was Quan’s first acting job, and he was just a kid back then. Recalling the scene where Indiana Jones helps Short Round escape the Temple of Doom, Quan said,
When we shot this sequence, I was so scared. And I cried. I remember Harrison Ford kneeling down in front of me and asking me if I was okay.
He said, and I’ll never forget this, ‘Ke, I want you to remember, I will never hurt you,’ When he said that, oh my gosh, it just made me love him so much more. Here is Indiana Jones telling me that he’s gonna take care of me.
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Although the two never worked on another movie together, Harrison Ford became one of Ke Huy Quan’s biggest supporters during his award season for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Quan won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Ford presented the Best Picture award and shared an emotional hug with Quan on stage when Everything won.
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Talking about Quan’s Oscar nomination, Ford told Entertainment Tonight,
I’m so happy for him. He’s a great guy. He’s a wonderful actor. He was when he was a little kid, and he still is. I’m glad. I’m very happy for him.
Before the Oscar nominations were announced, Ford said Quan’s nomination for Best Supporting Actor would be “well deserved.” Speaking to Uproxx, Ford shared,
He is really terrific in his movie. And I’m so glad to see him…and what he has become. I’m so happy for him. He’s such a happy guy, too.
In a new chat with Entertainment Weekly, Quan credited Ford and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for sparking his love for action movies. He recalled,
I remember watching it for the first time at our premiere, seeing it put together with sound effects and music for the first time. I was blown away by all of it. I was only 13 then. It made me fall in love with action.
Quan now stars in his own action movie, Love Hurts, which is currently showing in theaters across the country.
Source: EW