Steven Spielberg Pranked Harrison Ford on Set by Giving Out ‘About 300 Copies’ of Ford’s Biography That He Despised: ‘Everybody Was Reading That’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ke Huy Quan recently told The Guardian that one of his most fond memories of making “The Goonies” was an unforgettable prank producer Steven Spielberg played on Harrison Ford, Quan’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” co-star who visited the set during production. “I was star-struck when Harrison Ford came to visit because I’d made Indy.

Spielberg played a big joke on him,” Quan said. “There was a biography out of him that he really hated, so Steven went out and bought about 300 copies, so that when Harrison came to visit and walked on to set, the security guard, the gaffers, the camera equipment people, everybody was reading that biography.” Quan made his acting debut in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” with “The Goonies” being his follow-up project.

Spielberg directed the former. As it turns out, Ford wasn’t the only A-list visitor on set. “I remember when we were told that Michael Jackson was going to visit,” Quan said. “The cast and crew were so excited.

We didn’t know what time he was arriving, so we were constantly looking over our shoulder. Sure enough, when he walked onto the set, everybody just stopped what they were doing – even the guy making the coffee.” “He was very shy,” Quan continued. “I think we made him nervous because there were so many people.