Harrison Ford Congratulates Ke Huy Quan on Oscar Nomination

Harrison Ford has nothing however good needs for his “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” costar Ke Huy Quan after he earned a finest supporting actor Oscar nomination for his work in “The whole lot In all places All at As soon as.” On Jan. 26, Ford congratulated his former costar on the premiere of his Apple TV+ sequence “Shrinking.”

“I am so glad for him. He is an excellent man,” Ford informed Leisure Tonight. “He is an exquisite actor. He was when he was a bit child, and he nonetheless is. I am glad. I am very glad for him.”

On Jan. 24, Quan revealed to the New York Occasions how he reacted when he came upon about his Oscar nod. “I used to be leaping up and down, screaming on the high of my voice, precisely the identical manner that I did once I bought the cellphone name from my agent that the Daniels wished me to play Waymond,” Quan stated. “It is so surreal. I’m ecstatic.”

Previous to Quan’s Oscar nomination, Ford and Quan reunited final yr at Disney’s D23 Expo for the primary time in 38 years. The “Everthing In all places All at As soon as” actor shared with Selection in October 2022 that he was initially nervous about approaching the Indiana Jones star. “We had been on the D23 occasion and I used to be informed Harrison was gonna be there. We’re on this inexperienced room with so many actors, producers, and administrators, and the one who was assigned to help me stated, ‘Harrison Ford is true outdoors the inexperienced room. Would you need to go say hello?'” he recalled.

Quan continued, “I am pondering, ‘After all! I have never seen him in 38 years. So I stroll out and I see him about 15 ft away speaking to Phoebe Waller-Bridge, they’re there to advertise ‘Indy 5.’ And as I stroll shut, my coronary heart is pounding. I am pondering, ‘Is he gonna acknowledge me? The final time he noticed me, I used to be a bit child.'”

However Quan did not have to fret, as a result of Ford knew precisely who he was. “As I get nearer, he turns and factors his finger at me, and he has that traditional, well-known, grumpy Harrison Ford look,” Quan stated. “I am going, ‘Oh my gosh, he in all probability thinks I am a fan and he is gonna inform me to not come close to him.’ However he seems and factors at me and says, ‘Are you Brief Spherical?’ Instantly, I used to be transported again to 1984, once I was a bit child, and I stated, ‘Sure, Indy.’ And he stated, ‘Come right here,’ and gave me a giant hug.”

The 2 actors additionally posed for footage with each other, which Quan shared on his Instagram. “‘I like you, Indy,'” he captioned the photograph. “Indiana Jones and Brief Spherical reunited after 38 years.”