Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Indiana Jones, The Goonies) is an Academy Award-winning actor. Ke joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his experience was like escaping Vietnam after the war, what it was like landing his role in an Indiana Jones at such a young age, and his decision to quit acting in his 20s. Ke and Dax talk about how he struggled to find his identity, how he got into fight choreography, and the impact of asian representation on his decision to come back to acting. Ke explains what it was like to make his comeback with a critically acclaimed independent film, doing animation voiceover work, and having the fear of losing his acting career again. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to armchair Expert.
I'm Dax shepherd.
I'm joined by Monica Padman.
Hi, there.
This is.
I'm gonna say it.
This is the craziest life story we've heard from anyone on the show.
It's impossible life story.
I told a lot of people afterwards, after we recorded this episode that it was a very special one.
Me too.
It's the biggest delta that's ever been covered in a lifespan in two years.
Our guest today is Ki Hui kwan, and of course, you fell in love with him in Indiana Jones, in the temple of Dune, and the Goonies, as I did as a little boy.
And then, fuck, he came back out of nowhere and everything everywhere all at once.
He was so incredible.
Just such a beautiful performance.
Yes.
Oh.
When you hear his life story, you wanna go back and re watch.
I feel like we were almost crying the whole time.