In the hearts of fans and for the vast majority of people, the two big winners of the 2023 Oscars were Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan for the emotional story they each carried behind them.
Brendan Fraser left films for personal reasons, including being sexually assaulted in 2003 by Philip Burke, former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
While Ke Huy Quan shone in his childhood in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984) and “The Goonies” (1985), but his fame faded and after passing it in the early 2000s, he left acting aside.
The Vietnamese actor went from movie poster child to behind-the-scenes action choreographer in films such as ‘Enigma’, ‘The One’ and ‘X-Men’. Until 2022 when he returned and won an Oscar for Best Actor.
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‘Encino man’: Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan starred together 31 years before they won their Oscars
When Brendan Fraser was the biggest heartthrob of the 90s, he starred in the 1992 comedy ‘Encino Man’ or ‘The Man from California’ as he is known in Spanish, directed by Les Mayfield.
In the film, Dave Morgan (Sean Astin) and Stoney Brown (Pauly Shore) are college students in Encino, California, and one day a frozen Cro-Magnon caveman is found buried in their garden and they teach him to live in the modern age.
In this, which is one of the best movies starring Brendan Fraser, the actor played Link, the clueless caveman of his time. But few remember that Ke Huy Quan also has a role in the movie.
Ke Huy Quan has a minor role in ‘Encino Man’ playing Kim, a member of the computer club at the school where Dave, Stoney and Link attended. but despite the fact that little goes out, the actor was left with a great memory of Fraser.
Speaking at an actor roundtable for “The Hollywood Reporter” in January 2023, Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser hugged each other, commenting that after everything they’ve been through and 31 years later, “we’re still here.” .
Although they spent years away from Hollywood and without seeing each other, their reunion at various awards and especially the Oscars was very emotional and many fans have pointed out that justice was done for both their careers.
So, and curiously, in 2023, 31 years after their film together, Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for Best Actor and Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor, precisely for their work in “Encino Man”.
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