‘The Goonies’ cast reunite and tease sequel: “That would be amazing!”
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The cast of The Goonies recently reunited to pay tribute to Ke Huy Quan to celebrate his hand-and-footprint ceremony at Los Angeles’ iconic TCL Chinese Theater.
The star, who made an Oscar-winning comeback in Everything Everywhere All At Once, was also promoting the release of his new film Love Hurts.
On Monday (February 3), The Goonies actors Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, and Josh Brolin reunited alongside the film’s screenwriter Chris Columbus to pose for pictures and pay tribute to Quan. Cast member Sean Astin and producer Steven Spielberg were not in attendance, although the latter sent a letter to be read out.
Quan, who played Data in the 1985 classic, as well as Short Round in the second Indiana Jones film, found acting work difficult to come by in the years after his initial success, instead forging a career in as a fight choreographer in films such as X-Men and Jet Li action movie The One.
He has always stayed close to his Goonies castmate Jeff Cohen, who played Chunk in the film and later became an entertainment lawyer. Quan would thank Cohen in his 2023 Oscar speech, referring to him as his “Goonies brother for life”.
At the ceremony, Josh Brolin, who would go on to play Marvel villain Thanos among other roles, described his friend’s career as “truly one of the last existences of the American dream”.
Describing Quan’s time away from the spotlight, he said: “I won’t say much other than after The Goonies, I too lived in the ethers of our business for 19-plus years. The only difference being that I was still chipping away at leftovers and trading stocks full time while you pursued a whole other profession and excelled in it famously”.
He continued: “I could not be happier for you. I know we all are, all us Goonies, here for an honour that is not only totally deserved but celebrates all that is right in this industry. Love you, pal”.
Brolin also read Spielberg’s letter, which said: “I’m proud of you for your meteoric rise as a child, and then your second meteoric rise as a grown-up, and believe me, very few of us get two bites of that apple”.
Quan himself told website Toofab: “Josh, Jeff, Kerri – who flew in from New York! – and Corey. Even seeing Chris there and Josh giving a speech and just talking about me, I couldn’t control my emotions”.
He also teased a Goonies sequel, saying: “Honestly, I love that movie so much. It’s one of the greatest adventures of my life. I would be so happy to revisit that character and, of course, go on another Goonies adventure with my fellow Goonies, that would be amazing!”
Rumours about a sequel to the movie, about a group of children searching for pirates’ treasure to save their home, have circulated for years. However, last year, cast members Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton denied anything was in the works.
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