all at once everywhere was the big winner of Oscar 2023. Harrison Ford was responsible for presenting the team with the best picture statuette and that’s when the most nostalgic sighed when they saw the embrace between the veteran actor and Ke Huy Quanor what amounts to the same thing, between Indiana Jones and the little Bouchon de Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).
“A lot of fun, a lot of fun”, is what this child repeated after having had a difficult childhood. At this moment he was 12 years old and had managed to join the United States in political exile after fleeing Vietnam once the war started.
The actor received a standing ovation when he was named Best Supporting Actor for his role as Waymond Wang In all at once everywhere. With everyone on their feet and between tears after succumbing to the emotion, he shouted: “Mom, I won an Oscar”.
a moving speech
“My journey started on a boat. I lived in a refugee camp for a year and found myself here on the biggest stage in Hollywood. They say these stories only happen in the movies, I didn’t think that would happen to me. It’s the American dream! Thank you to my mother for the sacrifices she made for me to be here today, thank you to my little brother who calls me every day”, he thanked in his speech.
A reward that he also wanted to dedicate to his wife: “I owe it all to the love of my life, my wife, Echo, who told me month after month, year after year, that one day my time would come.“.
He arrived and made the most of it. “All of you, please. keep your dreams alive. Thank you for welcoming me back,” he said. It took him 40 years to earn this recognition, but it is clear that it was worth it.
Ke Huy Quan: “Mi viaje empezó en un bote. Viví un año en un campo de refugiados, y de alguna manera he acabado aquí, en el mayor scenario de Hollywood. Dicen que estas solo historias ocurren en las películas. ¡Este es el American dream!” https://t.co/2WkXS0SemB pic.twitter.com/IGS7KpX0aS
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Steven Spielberg, who was also at the gala, was his great mentor. After IndianaJonesrelied on him to The Goonies. But there was his success because in the 90s no role came and he had to assume that there was no place for him in Hollywood.
Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan in “Indiana Jones and the Cursed Weather” in 1984. / Paramount/Getty Images
He withdrew from the industry until he received the script for this new film which restored his enthusiasm for cinema and won him numerous awards, including his first Oscar.