Ke Huy Quan Has Emotional Return to The Goonies Set After 36 Years

Everything Everywhere All At Once star Ke Huy Quan has never been back to the Warner Bros. sound stage where The Goonies was shot…until now.

The Goonies remains one of the most loved movies of the 80s, and is a real Easter egg-filled treasure trove for Steven Spielberg fans. Ke Huy Quan played Richard “Data” Wang in the movie, a kid with a love for making gadgets that sometimes don’t work out exactly as they are expected to – think of a child version of Billy Peltzer’s father in Gremlins, just as a taste of one of the many references to other Spielberg movies. In the 36 years since The Goonies was released, Quan has never been back to the place where he shot the movie, but all that changed when he paid a visit to the Warner Bros. soundstage where part of The Goonies was filmed, and got a little emotional about the moment.

Posting on his Instagram, Quan shared pictures of himself standing by a list of the feature films and TV shows that have been made on Stage 16 over the years, highlighting The Goonies among the many projects that were made on the lot. Along with the images, Quan commented:

“First time back to Warner Brothers’ stage 16 in 36 years. This stage is where we filmed the pirate ship scene in The Goonies. I got a bit emotional as all my wonderful memories of my Goonies Gang came flooding back. Fun trivia fact: the floor of this stage opens up and goes down 40 ft deep.”