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 “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” On Jan. 26, Ford congratulated his former costar on the premiere of his Apple TV+ collection “Shrinking.”

“I’m so comfortable for him. He’s a terrific man,” Ford informed Entertainment Tonight. “He’s an exquisite actor. He was when he was just a little child, and he nonetheless is. I’m glad. I’m very comfortable for him.”

On Jan. 24, Quan revealed to the New York Times 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 means that I did after I bought the telephone name from my agent that the Daniels wished me to play Waymond,” Quan mentioned. “It’s so surreal. I’m ecstatic.”

Prior to Quan’s Oscar nomination, Ford and Quan reunited final 12 months at Disney’s D23 Expo for the primary time in 38 years. The “Everthing Everywhere All at Once” actor shared with Variety in October 2022 that he was initially nervous about approaching the Indiana Jones star. “We have 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 that was assigned to help me mentioned, ‘Harrison Ford is true exterior the inexperienced room. Would you need to go say hello?'” he recalled.

Quan continued, “I’m considering, ‘Of course! I have not seen him in 38 years. So I stroll out and I see him about 15 toes away speaking to Phoebe Waller-Bridge, they’re there to advertise ‘Indy 5.’ And as I stroll shut, my coronary heart is pounding. I’m considering, ‘Is he gonna acknowledge me? The final time he noticed me, I used to be just a little child.'”

But 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 mentioned. “I’m going, ‘Oh my gosh, he most likely thinks I’m a fan and he is gonna inform me to not come close to him.’ But he seems to be and factors at me and says, ‘Are you Short Round?’ Immediately, I used to be transported again to 1984, after I was just a little child, and I mentioned, ‘Yes, Indy.’ And he mentioned, ‘Come right here,’ and gave me an enormous hug.”

The two actors additionally posed for image with each other which Quan shared on his Instagram. “‘I really like you, Indy,'” he captioned the photograph. “Indiana Jones and Short Round reunited after 38 years.”