Academy Award-winning actor Ke Huy Quan excitedly introduced President Joe Biden on Monday evening, May 8, at a White House event for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (
AAPI) Heritage Month.Quan, known for his acting roles in Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Goonies, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, said of being at the White House: “I do not take this moment lightly.”The White House was hosting the screening premiere of American Born Chinese, an upcoming TV series based on the Gene Luen Yang graphic novel of the same name.During his remarks, Biden addressed the ongoing
Writers Guild of America strike, commenting, “I sincerely hope the writers’ strike in Hollywood gets resolved, and the writers are given a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible. This is an iconic, meaningful American industry, and we need the writers and all the workers and everyone involved to tell the stories of our nation.” Credit: The White House via Storyful