Hey, you guys! The Goonies cast reunites after 40 years to celebrate Ke Huy Quan at hand and footprint ceremony

Hey you guys, the Goonies are back in town!The cast of the 1985 cult classic reunited Monday for Ke Huy Quan’s hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.The film’s screenwriter, Chris Columbus, and stars Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green and Josh Brolin were all there to celebrate Quan, 53.Brolin, 56, spoke at the event and praised Quan, calling the Oscar winner “truly one of the last existences of the American dream.”“I won’t say much but that after The Goonies, I too lived in the ethers of our business for 19 years.

The only difference is I was still chipping away at leftovers and trading stocks full time while you pursued a whole other profession and excelled in it famously,” said Brolin, referring to how Quan took a nearly 20-year hiatus from acting and worked as a stunt choreographer and assistant director.“You have that Midas touch, my friend, and you have it because you have that heart of gold that you always have,” Brolin continued.The “Dune” star said that while he was 16, and Quan was “a spritely 13” when they filmed “The Goonies,” he remembered Quan’s family “having the same heart-driven, totally inclusive disposition, always welcoming, always with open arms.”“I could not be happier for you.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,” Brolin told Quan.Brolin also read a letter from “Goonies” producer Steven Spielberg, who couldn’t be at the ceremony.“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,” Spielberg’s letter said.Quan’s co-stars Martha Plimpton and Sean Astin both missed the event.

Quan and Astin, 53, recently reunited for Quan’s new movie “Love Hurts,” which comes out in theaters on Feb.7.“I actually texted Sean after production reached ou...

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