Chunk helped Data ink a movie deal.
“It was at the same time that I called up an agent friend of mine.
Quan stepped away from acting in the ’90s after struggling to find work as a young adult.
Ke Huy Quan and Jeff Cohen in ‘The Goonies’.Moviestore/Shutterstock
He then attended film school and began a career behind the camera.
“Opportunities for Asian actors at that time were just few and far between,” he said.
and this is decades without an agent,” Quan recalled.
I was like, oh my God!
That’s the person we imagined when we were writing this role."
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