It’s the kind of comeback story Hollywood can’t get enough of: a refugee kid from Vietnam moves to the US, stars in two of the biggest blockbuster movies of the 1980s then vanishes for nearly 40 years only to re-appear as an Oscar winner.
Ke Huy Quan didn’t disappear by choice. It was Tinseltown that shunned him for close to four decades before welcoming him back with open arms and showering him with adulation – and award after award.
He’s been the toast of the 2023 awards season, scooping almost every major gong, including the prize of prizes, an Academy Award.