Ken Jeong shares about his family's struggles with cancer

Actor found out his wife had breast cancer when he started shooting 'The Hangover.'



Ken Jeong can be a somewhat divisive figure. I've never been particularly fond of his career-making turn as Mr. Chow in The Hangover and its sequels, but I've always considered Ken Jeong an immensely talented performer. I'm looking forward to seeing him star in the title role of his own upcoming sitcom Dr. Ken.

While The Hangover has never been my cup of tea, I have to appreciate the personal story behind Dr. Jeong's performance in that movie. When he was offered the part, his wife was battling stage three breast cancer, and he considered turning it down. But he took the role at the urging of his wife, who thought it could be therapeutic.

In this clip from the PBS documentary series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, Jeong shares how The Hangover became a way to lash out at the demons in his personal life. It adds an extra dimension to his darkly comic, raged-filled performance as Leslie Chow:

Mr. Chow is back to cause trouble in The Hangover Part III teaser trailer

Yep. This is happening. Here's the new teaser trailer for The Hangover Part III, and it promises to be "the epic conclusion" to this blockbuster comedy series. And indeed, Ken Jeong is back causing trouble in the role of Mr. Chow, the character that made him famous. You can't tell much about the story from this footage, but I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of Mr. Chow smothering a chicken (that's not a euphemism):

Oh hell no: The Hangover Part III is coming.

As you can see, Ken Jeong returns to settle the score as Mr. Chow in The Hangover III, in theaters this May. And yes, this poster is a parody of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.