Ke Huy Quan is back on the big screen in Everything Everywhere All At Once, after a 20 year hiatus from acting.
06.04.2022 - 21:11 / variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHaving two action experts in the starring roles helped stunt coordinator Timothy Eulich make mayhem in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which features Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan jumping through a manic multiverse created by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the directing duo known as the Daniels.In the A24 film, now in theaters, Yeoh plays Evelyn, a laundromat owner and mother who navigates the changing scenarios to save her family, including Quan as her husband, Waymond, and ends up with a new outlook on life and love. Key props: a fanny pack that’s used as a martial arts weapon and a butt plug-shaped IRS Auditor of the Year trophy that’s a portal to other dimensions.Eulich, who has collaborated with the Daniels for 11 years, including on 2016’s “Swiss Army Man,” is familiar with their M.O.
He spent several weeks working with them to visualize the scenes. “They know what they want and what they like,” he says.
“We would build some of the fights off of the two [directors] performing the action sequences, and then we would fill it [with stunt extras].” Much of the action pays homage to Hong Kong movies and actors like Jackie Chan, who does most of his own stunts. With Yeoh and Quan at the ready, Eulich makes it clear that the Daniels wanted to use the actors, instead of stunt people, as much as possible in every shot that included their characters.Eulich was particularly excited to sink his teeth into the fanny pack scene, which features Quan wielding the utilitarian fashion accessory to fend off a squad of IRS security guards.
The actor shared his enthusiasm. “He was obsessed because he was with us every single day and he didn’t want to leave the rehearsal hall,” Eulich says.When he
.Ke Huy Quan is back on the big screen in Everything Everywhere All At Once, after a 20 year hiatus from acting.
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