After an Oscar -victory for Best Supporting Actor 2023Would you think Ke Huy Quan Can register their own star power, but that may not necessarily be the case. Takes on the lead role in the upcoming action comedy ”Love hurts“Was not a predetermined conclusion for Quan, who forwarded the script a number of times before he agreed to log in. This would not have happened without an old friend helping to change.
“I was at an event with Steven Spielberg And he asked me, “Ke, how are you?” I said, “Steven, I’m not feeling well.” Because of all the love and support I had received throughout the prize, I was so worried that everything I would do next, I would disappoint, ”Quan said in A new interview with Empire. “So I had trouble choosing my next project. Steven was very generous. He said, “Ke, let’s have lunch.” And I told him about this project and hit it to him. He said: ‘Ke, it’s fantastic. Do it. “”
Spielberg directed a 12-year-old quan opposite Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” They celebrated the 2023 season together, with Quan in the race for “Everything everywhere at once” And Spielberg for “The Fabelmans.”
After Quan’s several victories, many were eager to work with him, including David Leitch’s 87north. The production company behind “John Wick” franchise wanted Quan for “Love Hurts”, but at that time Quan could not see himself in the role.
“I thought it was written for someone like Jason Statham, because I have conditioned to believe that when you have an action star he must look like The Rock or Stallone or Schwarzenegger,” he said. “I didn’t think anyone who looks like I could start in this role. Fortunately, they did not give me up. They came back for the third time. “
He later added by 87north and urged him, “I went in and they had these really worked out pictures with me as the main character. That’s when I started to see it in a different way. “Oh, they try to create another type of action hero. Not the type we have seen for decades, but something new. ‘”
“Action Hero” is not the only type of character Quan would like to take on. With this new career excitement, he hopes that the sky is the limit.
“I would Love To play a bad guy. Like a Bond villain. Or the type that Hugh Grant makes in ‘Heretic,’“Quan told Empire. “I want to get out of my comfort zone and just play this diabolical, really Bad guy. (Laugh) It would be a lot of fun. ”
“Love Hurts” can be found in theaters from Universal Pictures on February 7.
