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The boy known as Short Round was born Wan Li on February 8, 1926. Orphaned during the Japanese bombing of Shanghai in 1932 , Li picked up his alias as a pickpocket on the streets of his home town and tried to rob the man he would later know as Dr Jones .
Wan Li, better known as Short Round or Shorty is a Chinese orphan, and Indiana Jones' tiny sidekick, and the tritagonist of the 1984 prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Short Round's parents were killed when the Japanese bombed in Shanghai in 1931.
Wan Li (better known as Short Round or Shorty) is a young street urchin whose family was killed in a Japanese bombing raid. Indiana Jones recruited him as a personal assistant, and Short Round accompanied his new friend on the quest to find the Sankara Stones.
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Mar 13, 2023 · All throughout the 2023 awards season Quan, who played Wan Li — a young pickpocket in Shanghai nicknamed “Short Round” who happens to make Ford’s Indiana his target before the two bond —...
Sep 11, 2022 · Expanded Indiana Jones lore such as the Temple of Doom novelization further explains that Short Round's real name is Wan Li, that his parents worked in a steel mill, and that he learned...
Mar 21, 2023 · Published Mar 21, 2023. Ke Huy Quan said he's not in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but there's still time for something because Short Round deserves his epilogue. Sometimes, real life feels like the movies.
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Nationality. American. Dr. Henry Walton " Indiana " Jones, Jr. is the title character and protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials.
