Variety(@Variety):Ke Huy Quan's $100,000 residual check for “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was "life-changing" as a child actor: “Back then, almost no actors got a piece of a movie’s profits. Even today, only the biggest stars do. That a kid like me, making his first film, would be included in something like that was unheard of. And ‘Temple of Doom’ wasn’t some small movie no one was expected to see. It was the sequel to a massive hit, a movie everyone knew would make a lot of money. That made their gesture even more generous.”

2026.09.20 22:56

Ke Huy Quan's $100,000 residual check for “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was "life-changing" as a child actor: “Back then, almost no actors got a piece of a movie’s profits. Even today, only the biggest stars do. That a kid like me, making his first film, would be included in something like that was unheard of. And ‘Temple of Doom’ wasn’t some small movie no one was expected to see. It was the sequel to a massive hit, a movie everyone knew would make a lot of money. That made their gesture even more generous.”