Ke Huy Quan Says His $100,000 ‘Indiana Jones’ Residual Check Was ‘Life-Changing’ As a Child Actor: It ‘Didn’t Make Any Sense’
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- Deadline Hollywood·6h agoKe Huy Quan Reveals “Life Changing” Gesture From Spielberg & Lucas When He Was A Kid
Ke Huy Quan was 12 years old when he made Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In his new memoir, Never Say Die, excerpted in Entertainment Weekly, the Oscar-winning actor reveals that producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg took care of him in way he didn’t know…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - Variety·8h agoKe Huy Quan Says His $100,000 ‘Indiana Jones’ Residual Check Was ‘Life-Changing’ As a Child Actor: It ‘Didn’t Make Any Sense’
Ke Huy Quan shared in his new memoir, “Never Say Die,” the feeling of receiving his first residual check of $100,000 for “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” as a child actor. Because Quan was just 12 years old when he booked the role of Short Round in the 1984 film (his first…
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