Quan speaks to EW about the nostalgic and "emotional" reunion in his new action movie: "All of a sudden, I was just a kid back on the set of 'The Goonies.'"

The Oscar winning actor's first lead role is a major misfire that has plenty of violence but little else to recommend it

That line, uttered by irrepressible sidekick Short Round in 1984's "Indiana Jones at the Temple of Doom," has endured, even if it didn't end up being true. See, love never died for Ke Huy Quan, who portrayed Indy's precocious sidekick. One might even say the actor's famed Hollywood return could be considered a second chance romance.

The Oscar winner tells IndieWire about getting used to his resurgence of fame - including thinking the invite to his hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre was meant for someone else.

Ke Huy Quan has his first lead movie role as a former hitman-turned-realtor whose past creates new stress in his life in action comedy "Love Hurts."

Ke Huy Quan plays a happy-go-lucky real estate agent whose past life as a hitman comes back to haunt him in “Love Hurts.”

The new action comedy set in Wisconsin was shot in Canada. But there are some Milwaukee touches, if you look closely. Here are the ones we spotted.

Love Hurts is a Universal movie, and since the production company is under the NBCUniversal umbrella, that means it will head to Peacock for streaming. Theatrical films typically hit the platform three months after their release, so if Love Hurts follows the same format, expect to see it on Peacock by May 2025.

Ke Huy Quan has said Steven Spielberg influenced his decision to accept this role, and David Fear of Rolling Stone agrees Quan deserves a chance to showcase his skills in a leading role, but this “lazy action flick” isn’t it. Love may hurt, Fear says, but not as much as watching a great actor stuck in a bad movie. The critic continues:

The Oscar-winning actor stars alongside fellow honoree Ariana DeBose in director Jonathan Eusebio’s awkward action-comedy about a former assassin, who is pulled out of his normal new life as a real-estate agent and back into a world of bloodshed.

Even though Ke Huy Quan did his own stunts in the action sci-fi film Everything Everywhere All At Once , which earned him an Academy Award, he was still shocked when he got the call to star in his latest action flick,