Ken Jeong Set For Extended Role in The Hangover 3

Ken Jeong, who played Mr Chow in the first two instalments of The Hangover series is set to reprise his role in the soon to be shooting threequel, except this time he€™ll play a more prominent part. According to The Hollywood Reporter:

€œSources say Mr. Chow will play a larger role in the third installment, though Warners is keeping the plot under wraps.€

The former doctor will again get mixed up in Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis€™ day-after-the-night-before shenanigans, which may or may not involve Mike Tyson. In an extension to the scene-stealing role he played in the first two Hangover films, quite how Mr Chow will be involved is unclear as plot details, as suggested, remain thin on the ground. Jeong€™s stock is at a career high right now, with a recurring part as Senor Chang in TV€™s Community (which he will return to for the confirmed fourth season) and a number of supporting turns that started with Knocked Up in 2007 and most recently included another third installment, this time in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Giving Jeong€™s Mr Chow a larger part in the third film in The Hangover franchise might just give the series a much needed freshen up after the second film showed premature signs of growing stale, despite doing great business. The news suggests the studios might change-up the formula a little, rather than just moving already familiar characters to a different exotic location. Todd Phillips is again set to return to the director€™s chair with the film set to start shooting next month. Assuming Jeong can fit in filming around his busy schedule over at Greendale, The Hangover 3 may just see some Chang-es.