Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser Have Emotional Encino Man Reunion Over 30 Years Later

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Awards season darlings Ke Huy Quan and Brendan Fraser are catching up for the primary time in many years!

On the twenty eighth annual Critics Selection Awards on Sunday evening, the All the things In all places All at As soon as star, 51, mirrored on seeing Fraser, 54, for the primary time in “nearly 32 years” as they each took house awards for finest supporting actor and finest actor, respectively.

“It was nice to see him once more. I really like him in The Whale,” Quan advised reporters of Fraser, with whom he costarred within the 1992 comedy Encino Man, within the press room after accepting his award on Sunday. “What a strong efficiency.”

Quan famous that Fraser “gave me a giant hug and put his arm on my shoulder” after they “noticed one another for the primary time after 30 years” as each actors emerged as awards season contenders for his or her film comebacks in 2022.

“He put his hand on my shoulder and he mentioned this, he was nonetheless right here,” Quan advised reporters of his reunion with Fraser. “I’ll always remember these three phrases and it is truly proper.”

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“For me, I can’t imagine I am nonetheless right here,” Quan added, in reference to how a lot time has handed since Encino Man. “It has been a wild experience ever since that film got here out.”

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Quan and Fraser’s careers intersected after they made Encino Man. Fraser’s starring function within the movie as an unfrozen primitive human man dropped into the Nineties helped kickstart his appearing profession, whereas the film proved certainly one of Quan’s final appearances in entrance of the digital camera earlier than he re-emerged in All the things In all places All at As soon as.

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Even after Quan gained one other trophy on the eightieth Golden Globe Awards final Tuesday, the actor admitted to reporters that he was “so, so nervous” as he arrived on the Critics Selection Awards Sunday.

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“My coronary heart continues to be pounding,” the actor mentioned of the expertise. “I simply, each time I give it some thought, I take into consideration these years that I used to be struggling. It is so difficult. I do not know, my thoughts, it is so blurry proper now.”

“I can’t imagine I gained this,” Quan continued. “I can’t imagine I gained Golden Globes on Tuesday. It is unimaginable. I actually am. I do not know what to say apart from saying I really feel very fortunate, and I really feel very grateful. And I thank [Everything Everywhere co-directors] the Daniels so, so, a lot.”

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As Quan accepted his award on Sunday, he famous that his “comeback story might have been very completely different have been it not for the critics.”

“You have not solely helped audiences discover our little film however you’ve got helped audiences bear in mind who I’m,” the actor mentioned of All the things In all places. “For that I’m so grateful to you.”