Ke Huy Quan Wants to Play a ‘"Diabolical, Really Bad Guy" in a Movie, Like a Bond Villain

Ke Huy Quan has built his career on warmth and wild fun energy. From his childhood roles in The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to his Oscar-winning performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and most recently appearing in Loki Season 2, Quan has a reputation as one of Hollywood’s most endearing actors. But now, he’s ready to embrace the dark side.

During an interview with Empire, he explained: “I would love to play a bad guy. Like a Bond villain. Or the kind of thing Hugh Grant does in Heretic.”

He wants to go all in with villain role, saying: “I want to go out of my comfort zone and just play this diabolical, really bad guy. That would be a lot of fun.”

I think like the idea of Quan playing a sinister bad guy, and now that these thoughts are out in the open, maybe we’ll actually see it happen.

Quan’s career resurgence has allowed him to explore a range of characters, and he’s looking to keep that momentum going. While his upcoming action-comedy Love Hurts will highlight his impressive martial arts skills, he doesn’t want to be boxed into the action star label.

The actor said: “I don’t want to be perceived as an action star. I hope I’m perceived as an actor who does action well. So I’m going to take it one step at a time.

“The best part about being an actor is, you get to play a variety of different characters. I love [Loki’s] Ouroboros because he’s so different than [EEAAO’s] Waymond, and Waymond is so different than [Love Hurts’] Marvin Gable.”

So what’s next for Quan? If Hollywood is paying attention (and it should be), we could see him unleash a side of himself as a villainous character that audiences have never seen before.