Goonies really do never say die: Ke Huy Quan still “open to revisiting” The Goonies
“For the last 30 years, we’ve tried to do a Goonies 2,” Golden Globe-winner Ke Huy Quan said
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Ke Huy Quan, the good-feeling machine who’s enjoying a career comeback thanks to his turn as Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once, won a well-deserved Golden Globe for the role last night. It’s been a dream watching him not just in the movie, but on the red carpets, in interviews, and in the winners’ circle as he gushes with gratitude for the opportunity to perform for his adoring public once again.
But Quan’s moments in the limelight were separated by decades. The young star of perennial ‘80s hits The Goonies and Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom has been missing from movie screens since the mid-80s. As he said while accepting his Best Actor trophy, “For so many years, I was afraid I had nothing more to offer, that no matter what I did, I would never surpass what I achieved as a kid.”
It wasn’t for lack of trying. Quan’s been waiting for a good Goonies script for 30 years.
“We have the big man here tonight, Steven Spielberg, and I think that’s one question that all of us want to ask him,” Quan said in the Golden Globes press room. “Honestly, for the last 30 years, we’ve tried to do a Goonies 2. When I was much younger, I wished it would come to pass because that’s the movie I thought I would need to make a career comeback. Honestly, we had numerous scripts, but there was not one script that felt like it would be up to what the original was.”
He’s apparently still interested. “I really don’t know if there’s going to be a Goonies 2,” he said, “but I would be open to revisiting that character, Data, if there is an opportunity.”
While an adult Goonies or a movie about the Goonies’ kids doesn’t sound great, we wouldn’t say no to more Quan on screen.
[via EW]
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I don’t care how stupid a middle-aged Goonies movie will be. I’m going to watch it.I also think Rory McCann should fill in for the late John Metuszak as Sloth.
More like the Gone-nies, amirite?
Somebody brings up a Goonies 2 every few years, and it never happens.
But that’s OK, because this is not a franchise you can revisit. Either you’re doing the original cast but they’re all in their early 50s, which isn’t nearly as much fun, or you do one of those things where it’s the children of the original cast and nobody really wants to see that either.
I was sort of hoping for a mix of both kids and parents going on an adventure.Here’s an idea I had. The original cast wants to meet for a week long vacation back at home with their kids, something like a reunion. They start telling their kids about another treasure they heard about when they were kids, which inspires their own kids to go searching for clues. The parents find out the kids are gone, and go on their own Goonies 2.0 adventure trying to find them. It’s a pretty basic plot but you can do so much with it.
I’d like to see a spin off of what these 2 are up to these days….maybe a couple of bachelors in an apartment and they work at a pizza place.
It was a terrible movie. I went to see it because a friend of mine thought the director could do no bad. Huh.
It was a terrible movie.
Nope
“For so many years, I was afraid I had nothing more to offer, that no matter what I did, I would never surpass what I achieved as a kid.”…And that’s the theme of the sequel, right there. After you’ve seen a pirate ship sail away (by ghosts???), what can top it? Also a suitable theme for Explorers 2, Stand By Me 2, Lost Boys 2, SpaceCamp 2, or — no, I’m not crazy — a single sequel that unifies all of them.
After a Short Round of questions, it was decided we needed more Data!