Now, at last, people are stopping him to talk about a movie he made as a grown-up.
“For the last 38 years, people would always say, ‘You’re the kid fromIndiana Jones!’
‘You’re the kid fromThe Goonies!’
Ke Huy Quan.Dana Pleasant/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
I’m grateful for those movies.
But to be recognized [for] something you’ve done as an adult is an incredible feeling.”
InEverything,Quan plays Waymond, the mild-mannered husband ofMichelle Yeoh’s Los Angeles laundromat owner Evelyn.
Everything Everywhere All at Once.Allyson Riggs/A24
Writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (a.k.a.
“I was sweating like crazy.
There was applause everywhere.”
Ke Huy Quan in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.Allyson Riggs/A24
“I didn’t know if people wanted me,” he says.
“There was just not a lot of opportunities for an Asian actor,” he says.
“I spent a lot of time sitting by the phone.
It rarely rang.”
Quan enrolled in USC’s film school and worked behind the camera in various capacities.
“I saw a gif of Short Round fromIndiana Jones.
I was like, ‘What isthatguy up to?’
He was the first person we auditioned for the role.”
Everythingis very much part of the Oscars conversation, with Quan a top Best Supporting Actor contender.
Quan has a yet-to-be-announced role in the second season ofLoki, too.
Might we see them paired on screen again?
“It would be freakin' awesome if we get to do one scene together,” he says.
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