Short Round comes a long way: Ke Huy Quan, from 'Temple of Doom' to Oscar winner


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Ke Huy Quan's journey from child actor in Temple Of Doom', to Oscar winner is a comeback story so improbable, it could only happen in Hollywood.. – Photo: Reuters (left)

It is a comeback story so improbable, it could only happen in Hollywood.

At age 12, Ke Huy Quan went to a casting call with his brother, who was auditioning for the role of Short Round in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. Quan himself was chosen to star in the 1984 blockbuster sequel alongside Harrison Ford.

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