The Goonies reunited 40 years later for Quan’s hand and footprint ceremony on the Chinese language Theater, the place he mentioned “to go on one other Goonies journey with my fellow Goonies” would “be wonderful.”
Goonies by no means say die … and neither does their bond!
The solid of the 1985 basic reunited on Monday in Hollywood, as Ke Huy Quan — who performed Knowledge within the Richard Donner flick — had his hand and footprints immortalized in cement in entrance of the TCL Chinese language Theater.
Available to have fun the honour for the Oscar-winner had been fellow costars Josh Brolin (AKA Model), Corey Feldman (AKA Mouth), Jeff Cohen (AKA Chunk), Kerri Inexperienced (AKA Andy) and screenwriter Chris Columbus.
Talking with TooFab after the ceremony concerning the “unimaginable” honor bestowed upon him, Quan was beside himself over who confirmed as much as help him.
“Christopher Columbus, who with out, there’s actually no Goonies, he wrote the unimaginable screenplay,” he started. “Then with Josh, Jeff, Kerri — who flew in from New York! — and Corey. Even seeing Chris there and Josh giving a speech and simply speaking about me, I could not management my feelings.”
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When requested about presumably doing one thing collectively once more onscreen, like a sequel, Quan made it clear he would 100% be right down to step into Knowledge’s slick footwear as soon as once more.
“It is best to have requested Chris when he was right here!” he joked, of Columbus. “Actually, I really like that film a lot. It is one of many biggest adventures of my life.”
“I might be so blissful to revisit that character and, in fact, go on one other Goonies journey with my fellow Goonies, that will be wonderful!” he exclaimed.
Whereas followers most likely should not maintain their breath for a real sequel, they will a minimum of be blissful figuring out there is a mini-Goonies reunion in Quan’s upcoming film, Love Hurts. The movie options an look from Sean Astin, who performed Mikey again within the day, whereas Cohen additionally made a go to to set throughout filming.
“It was unimaginable to share the display with Sean once more after so a few years. In actual fact, after we shot our scenes collectively that day, Jeff Cohen — as , Chunk from the Goonies — additionally came visiting,” Quan instructed TooFab. “So it was a pleasant little reunion that we had. For me, personally, I used to be fairly emotional to do that with Sean and I am so grateful to him as a result of I did not assume anybody may play [his character Cliff] … apart from him.”
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The Academy Award-winner celebrated his Chinese language Theater honor with plenty of his costars all through his profession, together with Brolin, who took the stage to say a number of phrases about his relationship with Quan.
“You have got that Midas contact my buddy, and you’ve got it as a result of you could have that coronary heart of gold that you have at all times had,” Brolin mentioned of Quan’s profession.
He additionally learn out a letter that was written to Quan from Steven Spielberg, who was requested to be on the ceremony in Los Angeles, nonetheless was unable to attend attributable to a trip.
“I am pleased with you to your meteoric rise as a baby, after which your second meteoric rise as a grown up and imagine me, only a few of us get two bites of that apple,” Brolin learn from Spielberg’s letter.
Spielberg first solid Quan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, turning him into a baby star on the age of 12.
Love Hurts, costarring Ariana DeBose, hits theaters Friday, February 7.