‘The Goonies’ Cast Reunites 40 Years Later To Celebrate Ke Huy Quan’s Hollywood Milestone

The cast of classic ’80s blockbuster The Goonies had a heartwarming reunion in honor of their castmate Ke Huy Quan.

Quan, 53, was joined by Goonies costars Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen and Kerri Green at his hand and footprint ceremony at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Monday, February 4.

Brolin, 56, read a letter to Quan from The Goonies producer Steven Spielberg, who could not attend Monday’s ceremony because he was on vacation, reports USA Today.

“I’m proud of you for your meteoric rise as a child and then your second meteoric rise as a grown-up,” Spielberg, 78, wrote. “And believe me, very few of us get two bites at that apple.”

In his own speech, Brolin relayed how he has always held Quan and his “heart of gold” in “a very dear place in [his] heart.”

“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 his friend.

The Goonies screenwriter Chris Columbus was also in attendance at the Chinese Theatre ceremony, where he credited Quan with “the greatest comeback story in the history of cinema.”

“You, sir, are the embodiment of a phrase I wrote so many years ago: ‘Goonies never say die,’” Columbus declared of Quan.

Quan later remembered a “wild dream” he’d had when he was 13 years old after seeing Spielberg and George Lucas‘ hand and footprints at the Chinese Theatre.

“I would realize how naive that dream was,” Quan recalled. “As the years passed, I would walk by [this theater] and be reminded how that once hopeful actor turned into just another moviegoer. And now here we are, more than 40 years later, and not only am I acting again, but that crazy dream actually came true.”

Quan stepped away from acting for nearly 20 years to work as a stunt coordinator and assistant director, before winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his comeback performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once. He has since had high-profile roles in Marvel’s Loki and Kung Fu Panda 4.

Quan’s Goonies costar Sean Astin was not in attendance for the hand and footprint ceremony, but reunited with his castmates later in the day at the premiere of new movie Love Hurts.

Astin costars in director Jonathan Eusebio’s action thriller, where Quan plays a successful realtor desperate to bury his past as an international assassin. Love Hurts, which hits cinemas on Friday, February 7, also stars Oscar winner Ariana DeBose and American Born Chinese actor Daniel Wu.

Fans shouldn’t get their hopes up that the Goonies cast reunion at the Chinese Theatre may be a sign that a long-awaited sequel is finally in the works.

There were reports last year that a Goonies 2 script had been written and would be filmed in 2025, but OG cast members Feldman and Martha Plimpton quickly denied any sequel was happening.

“People, there is no Goonies 2 script, there is no one ‘attached,’ Spielberg is not directing, it’s not real,” Plimpton wrote via Instagram in September.

Feldman echoed his costar’s denial, writing via X: “EVERY1 IS ASKING…I CAN OFFICIALLY TELL U 100% NO! I HAV NO INFO THAT A SEQUEL IS IN THE WORX.”

The Goonies was originally released on June 7, 1985, as part of a momentous summer for Hollywood that would see fellow blockbusters Back to the Future, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Cocoon hitting cinemas.

The Goonies is available to stream on Prime Video and Apple TV+.