Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIt’s been two decades since Ke Huy Quan has been on the big screen.He’s known to most audiences as a child actor playing Data in “The Goonies” and Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”; his last widely released film in the U.S.
was 1992’s “Encino Man.” He stepped away from acting after 2002 because he felt there weren’t many opportunities for Asian performers.But with the “phenomenal success” of “Crazy Rich Asians” in 2018, “I had serious FOMO,” Quan says.
He’s back on screen in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in which he plays Waymond, husband to Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn, as they travel through a wild multiverse of alternative selves. (Particularly notable: a scene where Waymond uses a fanny pack to vanquish a group of attackers.) The film bowed at SXSW and will be released on March 25 by A24. What was it like seeing the script of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” for the first time?I stepped away from being in front of the camera for so many years, it’s been 20 years.
When I was a kid, I was really fortunate to be in a couple of really memorable roles, right? But if I’m being honest, as I got older, there weren’t a lot of opportunities for an Asian actor at that time in Hollywood.I was faced with a very difficult decision in my early ’20s.
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