Ke Huy Quan

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 129 minutes

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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to arm chair expert. I'm
0:02.8	Jack Shepard. I'm joined by Monica Padman.
0:04.8	Hi there. This is a I'm gonna say it this is the craziest life story
0:09.9	we've heard from anyone on the show. It's impossible life story.
0:14.6	I told a lot of people afterwards after we recorded this episode
0:17.8	that it was a very special one.
0:19.2	Me too.
0:19.7	It's the biggest delta that's ever been covered in a lifespan in two years.
0:25.3	Our guest today is Ki Huquon, and of course you fell in love with him in Indiana Jones
0:31.6	in the Temple of Dune and the Goonies as I did as a little boy.
0:36.0	And then fuck he came back out of nowhere and everything everywhere all at once.
0:41.3	He was so incredible.
0:43.0	Just such a beautiful performance.
0:46.0	Yes.
0:47.0	Oh, when you hear his life story, just you want to go back and rewatch.
0:51.0	I feel like we were almost crying the whole time.
0:54.0	Yep, that's fair.
0:56.0	Also you can see Key currently in season two of Loki on Disney Plus.
1:03.6	So please enjoy Ki Huequan.
1:07.5	He's an obchair expert.
1:15.0	He's an obchirx man. He's an I'm sure x man. You came to visit us when we were shooting.
1:26.2	You came to visit us when we were shooting everything everywhere all I want. A thousand percent.
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