When visiting the film’s set for the first time in decades, Ke Huy Quan of The Goonies got very emotional

When visiting the film's set for the first time in decades, Ke Huy Quan of The Goonies got very emotional

Richard performances by Ke Huy Quan “Data” Wang in “The Goonies” and Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”While the movie may be a classic in the canon for ’80s family-oriented adventures cinema, Quan was an Asian actor during 1980s Hollywood. Those roles didn’t lead to as much success as they should have.

“I didn’t grow up wanting to be an actor,”Quan revealed The New York TimesIn April 2022. “As I got older, though, when I realized I wanted to do this, there were just not a lot of offers. When there was one, the role was very stereotypical, and you had every Asian in Hollywood fighting for it. By the time I was in my early 20s, the phone had stopped ringing.”

Quan eventually quit acting but, as he didn’t want to abandon the film industry, he applied to film school at University of Southern California. He graduated in 1999. He worked in the United States as a stunt director and assistant director for the next several years. In 2018, he was the star of “Crazy Rich Asians”He was inspired to try acting again. He called his friend, asking if he’d be interested in representing him. Two weeks later the offer was made. “Everything Everywhere All at Once”The rest is history. This is the rest of this universe’s history.

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