Ke Huy Quan Wants To Play “A Bad Guy” Next: “Like A Bond Villain”

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With an unprecedented onscreen comeback under his belt, Ke Huy Quan has one dream role he hopes to get to soon. The Oscar winner recently revealed he wants “to play a bad guy,” using the 007 franchise and Hugh Grant’s recent performance in Heretic as inspirations for the type of villainous role he’s manifesting. “I would love to play a bad guy.

Like a Bond villain. Or the kind of thing Hugh Grant does in Heretic,” he told Empire, adding: “I want to go out of my comfort zone and just play this diabolical, really bad guy.

That would be a lot of fun.” Quan also explained that he’d like to venture beyond the genre after years of choreographing stunts and fights for films like X-Men (2000) and The One (2001). “I don’t want to be perceived as an action star,” said Quan. “I hope I’m perceived as an actor who does action well.

So I’m going to take it one step at a time. The best part about being an actor is, you get to play a variety of different characters.