Hey, you guys … several cast members of “The Goonies” reunited to pay tribute to star Ke Huy Quan.
Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen and Kerri Green were joined by the film’s screenwriter Chris Columbus to help celebrate Quan when he was honored Feb. 3 with a handprint and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
An emotional Quan delivered a speech at the event, during which he gushed about what “The Goonies” means to him while thanking Columbus.
“‘The Goonies’ till this day is still one of the greatest adventures of my life, and it wouldn’t be an adventure without you and all my fellow Goonies — Josh, Corey, Jeff, Kerri, Martha (Plimpton) and Sean (Astin). So, thank you guys,” he said.
Quan’s story has been well documented. A child star who appeared in 1985’s “The Goonies” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” before that, he faded from the limelight and went roughly two decades without starring in a movie before he burst back onto the scene in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a role that earned him a best supporting actor Academy Award in 2023 and raves for his moving acceptance speech at the Oscars.
Brolin also read a letter from the film’s producer Steven Spielberg at the event, while also sharing his own glowing words for Quan.
“You’re truly one of the last existences of the American dream,” he said.
“I could not be happier for you,” he continued. “I know we all are, all us Goonies here, for an honor that is not only totally deserved, but celebrates all that is right in this industry.”
Astin did not appear to be at the ceremony, but he would make his presence felt at the theater the very same day. He later posed with the cast on the red carpet for the premiere of the upcoming movie “Love Hurts,” which just so happens to star Quan and Astin.
The “Goonies” cast has reunited before, with several members getting together virtually in the early days of the pandemic in 2020. That event featured Quan, Astin, Brolin, Feldman, Green, Plimpton, Cohen, Columbus, Spielberg and director Richard Donner, along with fellow stars Robert Davi and Joe Pantoliano.