Following Ke Huy Quan's Golden Globes win, Steven Spielberg details why he cast the Everything Everywhere All at Once star in Indiana Jones and The Goonies: 'When I met him, he took the room by storm. Still does!'
Following Ke Huy Quan's Golden Globe win, venerable director Steven Spielberg recalls casting the Everything Everywhere All at Once star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies. Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel jump-started Quan's acting career. The following year he portrayed Richard "Data" Wang in Richard Donner's '80s classic The Goonies.
Spielberg explains that he never intended to cast Quan to give the young actor his big break in Hollywood. Instead, he chose the future star because he would perfectly serve the intention of the films. Read what Spielberg said below: So with Ke, it was Short Round. He'd be great for Short Round. When I met him, he took the room by storm. Still does! He has a positive energy. So full of positive love. He just reaches out with his heart, and that's the way he was as a kid auditioning for the movie. It's only later that I realized that both a responsibility of bringing a young person into this business, but also my admiration for him about how he's comported himself in this business.
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