Harrison Ford shares moving moment with Ke Huy Quan 39 years since Indiana Jones

It was a full circle moment for Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan who celebrated together on stage at the Oscars, 39 years since a 12-year-old Quan starred alongside the veteran actor in Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom.

Quan’s first film saw him play Short Round, a karate expert in what became a career-defining franchise for Ford, now 80, who played the titular character in 1984.

The pair shared a hug on stage at the Oscars on Sunday after Ford presented best picture to sci-fi epic Everything Everywhere All At Once, in which Quan’s performance also won him the Academy Award for best actor in a supporting role earlier in the night.

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A 12-year-old Ke Huy Quan meets Diana, then-Princess of Wales at the premiere for Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom in London, 1984 (Ron Bell/Archive/PA)

In his acceptance speech, Quan thanked his 84-year-old mother and mentioned starting his journey “on a boat” and spending a year in a refugee camp.

At aged 12, the Vietnamese-American actor met Diana, Princess of Wales at Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom’s premiere in Leicester Square, London, in 1984.

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It has been 39 years since Ford and Quan starred together in Indiana Jones: Temple Of Doom (Chris Pizzello/AP)

“I cannot believe this is happening to me, this is the American dream.

“Thank you so much to the academy for the honour of a lifetime.”

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