by For many of the viewers who sat in front of the television to see the delivery of the Oscar awards of 2023, but that they were not very attentive to the news prior to the ceremony, the face of the winner of the award for best supporting actor, Ke Huy QuanIt probably looked familiar.
And it is that this 51-year-old actor, who revived his career with his award-winning performance in the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once”rose to fame in the early 1980s, when he was just a child, with his performances in two action-adventure film classics such as “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies.”
“My journey began on a ship. I spent a year in a refugee camp”said Quan, who was born in Vietnam. “Somehow, I ended up here on the biggest stage in Hollywood. They say that stories like this only happen in the movies. I can’t believe this is happening to me. This, this, is the American dream.” He also thanked his mother, 84, who was watching from her home.
Although her reaction and eventual speech, after her name was named by the actress Ariana DeBose, It attracted a lot of attention, it was the subsequent reunions that the actor had with various people who were part of the beginnings of his professional life that generated the most interest.
Harrison Ford
The most important award of the evening, that of Best Film, was awarded by the veteran actor Harrison Fordinterpreter of the character Indiana Jones. Which is why, as soon as Ford mentioned the name of the movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, Quan jumped out of his seat and quickly walked up to the stage, being the first to reach Ford. With a big smile on his face, the actor approached Ford and gave him a big hug and a kiss, which was reciprocated. The interpreter of Han Solo went to give the statuette to Quan, but he told him that he should give it to Jonathan Wang, one of the producers of the film.
Quan made his film debut alongside Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984) when he was 12 years old, an experience that led him a year later to be one of the leads in “The Goonies” (1985). For nearly 30 years, Quan hadn’t had a major role in a feature film. Interestingly, Ford has never won an Oscar in his career, although he was nominated in 1986 for the film “Witness.”
Steven Spielberg
On top of that, in the press conference after the awards ceremony, Quan himself described how he managed to run in one of the commercial breaks during the ceremony to where the director was. Steven Spielbergwho gave him his first opportunity with “Indiana Jones”, to give him a big hug.
At that moment, Spielberg took advantage of the moment to tell him a phrase that, according to the actor, will remain in his memory forever. “Remember, you are now an Academy Award winner.”
brendan fraser
The best actor winner for his performance in “The Whale,” brendan fraser, Coincidentally, he also coincided with Huy Quan in 1991 during the filming of the comedy Encino Man, where he shared the bill with Pauly Shore and Sean Austin. This was one of the first films Fraser had acted in in her career.
In addition to sharing the victories, both actors met behind the scenes at the award ceremony, where they greeted each other, talked and took several photos together. In fact, Quan “snuck” into one of the photos taken of Fraser, along with the golden statuette and her entire family, including her current partner and two of her children.
(CAROLINE BREHMAN)
Due to the coincidence of having acted in the early 1990s, many people took advantage of the moment to publish a photograph of the film. Encino Manin a scene in which both interacted.
