Harrison Ford, Ke Huy Quan ‘Indiana Jones’ Reunion

Indy and Quick Spherical, collectively once more! Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan had a viral reunion on the 2023 Academy Awards a long time after working collectively on Indiana Jones.

The Shrinking star, 80, launched the Finest Image class on the finish of the Sunday, March 12, awards present. Quan, 51, and his All the things All over the place All at As soon as costars had been nominated alongside 9 different movies — together with Prime Gun: Maverick and Elvis — and finally walked away with the win.

When Ford introduced the Michelle Yeoh-led film’s victory, Quan was one of many first to leap out of his seat. His pleasure solely grew when he took the stage and noticed the Star Wars actor. The twosome shared a candy hug — and the second took social media by storm.

“I’m tearing up,” one fan tweeted, whereas one other Oscars viewer wrote, “10/10, would watch once more.”

A number of social media customers shared screenshots of the hug from the ceremony, evaluating the interplay to a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. (Steven Spielberg, who directed the 1984 motion film, was additionally noticed cheering for Quan within the viewers.)

The previous baby star made his large display screen debut alongside Ford, who gushed over his fellow actor’s awards season recognition earlier this 12 months. Quan’s stellar efficiency in All the things All over the place All at As soon as was his first film position in a long time and earned him trophies on the Golden Globes, Display Actors Guild Awards and Critics’ Alternative Film Awards.

“I’m so completely happy for him. He’s a fantastic man,” Ford advised Leisure Tonight in January. “He’s an exquisite actor. He was when he was just a little child, and he nonetheless is. I’m glad. I’m very completely happy for him.”

The previous costars beforehand reunited on the D23 Expo final 12 months. “I really like you, Indy,” Quan captioned an Instagram photograph in September 2022. “Indiana Jones and Quick Spherical reunited after 38 years.”

Film lovers had been delighted by the snap, and Quan later went into element about seeing Ford one month later.

“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 correct outdoors the inexperienced room. Would you need to go say hello?’” he recalled in an October 2022 interview with The New York Instances. “I’m pondering, ‘In fact! I haven’t seen him in 38 years.’”

The American Born Chinese language actor noticed Ford with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who’s set to look in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future. “As I stroll shut, my coronary heart is pounding. I’m pondering, ‘Is he gonna acknowledge me? The final time he noticed me, I used to be just a little child,’” Quan added. “As I get nearer, he turns and factors his finger at me, and he has that traditional, well-known, grumpy Harrison Ford look. I am going, ‘Oh my gosh, he most likely thinks I’m a fan and he’s gonna inform me to not come close to him.’”

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All of Quan’s worries subsided quickly sufficient. “He appears and factors at me and says, ‘Are you Quick Spherical?’” he continued. “Instantly, I used to be transported again to 1984, once I was just a little child, and I mentioned, ‘Sure, Indy.’ And he mentioned, ‘Come right here,’ and gave me a giant hug.”