Keone Young Retro Expo July 2022

For me, the big name as Retro Expo was Keone Young. While he has done a lot of voice work, to me he is Mr Wu from Deadwood.

I found him in the concourse at a vendor’s table. He was chatting with his handler. When I told him I was a Deadwood fan, he asked if I remembered what he always said to Swearengen.  When I could not remember, he told me: Hung Dei. Then he asked if I knew what it meant.  I was thinking it was friend but he said it was more like blood brother. The friend you would do anything for.  Which does describe the relationship Wu and Swearengen had.

As he signed, I asked if he would add that to the signature. He nodded and wrote it. Then we both repeated it back to each other.

AH