AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Ke Huy Quan says a $100,000 residuals check from Spielberg and Lucas changed his family's life
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan reveals in his new memoir that a residuals check of nearly $100,000 from Lucasfilm arrived when he was still a child, a gesture he calls virtually unheard of for a first-time actor. Quan, who played Short Round in the 1984 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, describes the […] The post Ke Huy Quan says a $100,000 residuals check from Spielberg and Lucas changed his family's life appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan reveals in his new memoir that a residuals check of nearly $100,000 from Lucasfilm arrived when he was still a child, a gesture he calls virtually unheard of for a first-time actor. Quan, who played Short Round in the 1984 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, describes the moment in Never Say Die, the memoir that hit bookstands this week. He walked into his family's kitchen and found both parents standing at the table, holding an envelope with his name on it. Inside was a check from Lucasfilm for almost $100,000. The amount, Quan writes, "didn't make any sense" to a kid who had already been paid for his work on the film. But the check was real, and so was its impact on a family that had come to the…Open