Tag: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Richard Donner Cut The Goonies’ Octopus Attack For A Simple Reason
Ke Huy Quan enjoyed a pretty remarkable Hollywood comeback in 2022 thanks to a well-received performance in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” that would go on to become an awards season favorite. It’s been great to see for fans of the actor, many of whom grew up watching him as a child in “Indiana Jones…
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Sean Connery And Harrison Ford Went Pants-Less For One Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Scene
Pants: can’t live with ’em, can make a beloved blockbuster without ’em???That’s exactly what stars Sean Connery and Harrison Ford set out to prove while shooting “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” The third (and not as final as that title suggested) installment in the “Indiana Jones” franchise was apparently just as grueling a shoot…
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David Harbour Channeled ‘Harrison Ford Essence’ For His Role In Stranger Things
By now it should be no surprise that Matt and Ross Duffer pulled from an iconic ’80s action star in their direction of David Harbour. I was lucky enough to interview the boys when they were doing press for “Stranger Things” season 3, and that conversation quickly turned to what they called “the two Stephens/Stevens,” meaning…
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Harrison Ford Wanted A Character Like Short Round In Star Wars, According To Ke Huy Quan
All aboard the Ke Huy Quan-aissance. It’s been almost 40 years since Quan made his auspicious debut as a child actor (credited as Jonathan Ke Quan) in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Quan was 13 years old when the movie hit theaters, and he was living the dream of any ’80s kid: playing Harrison…
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Watch How Everything Everywhere All At Once Turned A Fanny Pack Into A Deadly Weapon
After breaking into the entertainment industry in the 1980s with seminal films of the decade “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” Ke Huy Quan worked as an actor for a few years, then completely disappeared from our screens. Now, following a hiatus that lasted around 20 years, he has finally returned…
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Ke Huy Quan Returned to Acting Because ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Gave Him ‘Serious Fomo’
One of the many highlights of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is the return of Ke Huy Quan, who gives a heartbreaking (and stunt-laden) performance as Waymond Wang in the Daniels’ hit multiverse film. Quan was best known as a 1980s child star, having famously played Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of…
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Harrison Ford Pushed Through ‘Incomprehensible’ Pain In Order To Finish Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Part of Harrison Ford’s appeal as an action movie star is that his characters are constantly getting hurt, stumbling, panicking, or otherwise failing to keep up their facades of being rugged, unflappable badasses. This not only gives them richer personalities, it helps create tension and higher stakes, reminding those in the audience that Ford’s heroes…
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Harrison Ford Injured While Filming ‘Indiana Jones 5’
Even Indiana Jones is susceptible to bumps and bruises. Star Harrison Ford sustained a shoulder injury on the set of “Indiana Jones 5,” requiring the actor to take a hiatus from filming while treatment is evaluated.In the meantime, director James Mangold will continue to shoot without Ford.“In the course of rehearsing for a fight scene,…
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‘Finding ‘Ohana’: Netflix’s Reimagined Take on ‘The Goonies’ in Hawaii Soars with Authentic Casting
There aren’t many recognizable faces in “Finding ‘Ohana,” Netflix’s adorably entertaining reimagining of “The Goonies” set in Hawaii. Though Chris Parnell and Marc Evan Jackson jazz up some very funny “Drunk History”-inspired scenes, the speaking roles include Branscombe Richmond, a veteran Hawaiian actor who played owner of the bar where Jason Segel sings his Dracula…