news culture One of the best actors of 2022 with an atypical career soon in the MCU?
The world of cinema can offer the most gruesome and moving professional stories at the same time. Actor Ke Huy Quan, who was crowned during the Golden Globes ceremony, spoke with Josh Horowitz to discuss his award for Best Supporting Actor and this year 2022, which specifically allowed him to be honored by the patron saint of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU ): a great opportunity in sight?
The dedication of the film Everything Everywhere All at Once at the Golden Globes
Recently, the film and television world had their eyes on the Golden Globes. During the evening event, the films, the series and even the actors were consecrated. On Wednesday we talked to you about this, among other things the beautiful performance of the House of the Dragon series who accomplished the feat of winning the Best Drama Series award while game of Thrones never got there. Overall, the gala evening was punctuated by many moving and funny moments, such as Jennifer Coolidge’s incredible speech or even that of actor Ke Huy Quan (Best supporting actor) for his portrayal in the film Everything everywhere at onceas does her co-star Michelle Yeoh (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy).
Ke Huy Quan joked on a recent podcast, “Nobody wants to hire me except Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, The Daniels and Kevin Feige,” then added, “2022 is the year I’ll always remember because it one of the happiest years of my life.” pic.twitter.com/SLc0t3IOqq
— IGN (@IGN) January 12, 2023
The actor, who has been relatively (very) absent from the big screens for the past two decades, made a well-deserved comeback during the Golden Globes ceremony. Long before the film and its cast were consecrated, the MCU’s big boss Kevin Feige got wind of the abilities ofEverything everywhere at oncethe first film from the A24 production studio to increase its yield almost tenfold and achieve 103 million box office admissions while costing only 14.3! A success that led him to contact Ke Huy Quan to offer him to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universeand especially in Season 2 of Loki as an archivist for the TVA (Organization of the Time Variance Authority). On the podcast mic Happy sad confusedmoderated by Josh Horowitz, The actor confided with humor in 2022, the year that changed his life.
Inseparable from pop culture, Ke Huy Quan is making a resounding comeback!
At first glance, the name Ke Huy Quan doesn’t really mean much. And yet, The actor shaped pop culture directed by Steven Spielberg in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – he played Half Moon, a little Chinese boy who accompanies the famous archaeologist on his adventures – or that of Richard Donner in the cult feature film The Goonies where he lent his facial features to the character of Richard Wang, nicknamed Data. It will appear on the screen a few more times, but his consecration for his role in Everything everywhere at once ends a long desert crossing. The now 51-year-old actor celebrates one of the most touching comebacks in cinema after a long journey through the desert.
In a recent podcast, he returned to that slump, interspersed with roles. smaller “, of possibilities” less common » and much expectation (« I waited between a year and a year and a half before I had a job (…) I worked a week and waited another year before I had a chance to audition again »). Only that all changed in 2022, especially when he got the call from Kevin Feigea call he immediately shared with those close to him, telling them: ” You know what ? Nobody wants to hire me except Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, the Daniels and Kevin Feige. It’s incredible ! » He will continue the interview between humor and emotion by explaining that « 2022 is a year that I will always remember as it is one of the happiest of my life ».
