Ke Huy Quan

Ke Huy Quan's film debut was in Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes (1984). An open casting call was put out to all the elementary schools to find a young Asian actor to play Short Round. Quan arrived with his brother, not to audition, but merely to provide moral support. He caught the casting director's attention because he spent the entire time of his brother's audition telling him what to do and what not to do. Steven Spielberg liked his personality, so he and Harrison Ford improvised the scene where Short Round accuses Indy of cheating during a card game. Quan won the role over about 6,000 other auditions.

[on entertainment lawyer Jeff Cohen, his co-star from Die Goonies (1985) and legal representative] We'll be friends for life. He's my Goonies brother. In fact, my [Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)] producer told me a really funny story the other day. He said never in his life did he think that he would have to talk to Chunk to get Data to be in his movie. I thought that was hilarious.