So while it was very weird to talk with Corey, I’ve left out what makes this interview even crazier than all the others I’ve ever done on Collider.

While I was interviewing Corey, I was also being watched by a room full of people, as the interview was being taped for his TV show The Two Coreys. So not only did I have to try and focus on the interview and keep it going, in the back of my mind I was trying not to look stupid for the cameras all around me. Let’s just say I was a bit nervous.

Thankfully, Corey couldn’t have been nicer. While he didn’t talk a lot about the story of Lost Boys: The Tribe, he did go into a lot of details on how the project came together and what he went thru before playing one of the Frog Brothers again. If you’re looking forward to the movie, you’ll definitely enjoy the interview.

Finally, if you’re going to Comic-Con in a few weeks, you should read this. The quick summary is they’re premiering Lost Boys: The Tribe on Thursday night and a lot of the cast will be there talking about the film. It’ll be very cool. Also, if you want to see part of my interview with Corey, you can click here to watch an internet teaser of the interviews he did.

As usual, you can either read the transcript below or listen to our conversation as an MP3 by clicking here. And with that…here’s Corey.

Corey Feldman: Hi.

Collider: How are you doing today, sir?

Corey Feldman: I’m all right how are you?

Collider: Pretty good.

Corey Feldman: Here at the illustrious Warner Brothers offices looking out over the beautiful San Fernando golden valley.

Collider: I have to ask…obviously we’re filming this for your show.

Corey Feldman: No we’re not, it’s an illusion.

Collider: Okay, exactly.

Corey Feldman: Don’t take it too personally, we travel in big groups and we like to make people feel special, so we figured if we had some cameras pointed in your general direction, you’d really get the powerful effect.

Collider: Is it always like this?

Corey: Like what?

Collider: Like a big crowd of people surrounding.

Corey: Is this weird?  Isn’t this what everybody does?

To be honest, for me it’s not always like this.  Only on certain days.

Corey: Yeah, only on certain days for me too. We only shoot about 4 days a week, so on those days, however on the rest of the time in my normal everyday life it’s just me, my wife and my child.

I understand.

Corey: And sometimes my assistant.

I will dump the reality questions and go right into why we’re here.

Corey: Why are we here?

I think just to bull-shit and hang out, you know and get to know you.

Corey: Cool, awesome. You seem like a groovy dude.

Sometimes.  Again for many, many years they talked about doing a “Lost Boys” sequel.  Many years.

Corey: I didn’t hear about it.

Okay, neither did I.

Corey: When are they going to do it?

I don’t know. I’m hoping for this summer.

Corey: That would be awesome. Awesome. Big fan.

What was it for you, I mean obviously you’ve been asked for years and years about this, what was your reaction when you first heard, okay we’re really going to do this?

Corey: I didn’t believe them.  I was like, okay call me when you’re ready.

So when did you first hear about it and when you first heard about it when did you then start filming?

Corey: Well, like I said, honestly, I’m not joking, I have heard about if on and off through the years.  It’s always been a continuous perpetual yeah let’s do that “Lost Boys” sequel.  Kind of like the “Goonies” sequel.  Yeah, let’s do that “Goonies” sequel. I was saying, yeah okay whatever. Richard Donner, we’ll start there, Richard Donner was always an advocate, as was Joel Schumacher of doing this film as Richard Donner as an advocate with Spielberg on doing “The Goonies”.  Richard Donner has always been very supportive and positive about both ideas.  And as it went on, I heard there were many different concepts, many different ideas, many different scripts that had come to fruition.  There’s one I know traveling around the Internet right now that apparently was from the original writer of “The Lost Boys”.  I haven’t actually read it, but apparently it’s out there.  And then that got kind of dumped and axed and fallen by the wayside and then apparently there was a “Lost Girls” which Joel had kind of said in a few interviews…I didn’t really get the concept of that. There was even a concept at one time of my brother and I and Sam, I believe, basically building our vampire fighting team into a household name and going around from city to city and fighting vampires and fighting crime as it were, kind of in a superhero vein, and eventually leading us to the White House to stake all the political vampires which we know there are plenty of especially in today’s White House.  So, that was basically the idea.  It was very kind of dark and witty I thought, but that would never have got made either.  So it’s kind of gone through a process of yeah it’s going to happen, no it’s not, yeah it’s going to happen, no it’s not, leading us up to this current version of “Lost Boys” and the current version, the first we heard of it I think was back in October-November of ’96 and when we heard about that originally the idea that we were told was that there was only a cameo for me in the film and that it did not include any other cast member.  And at that point, we declined and said we heard it was going to be a straight to DVD and you know, was going to be a very low budget and they just wanted a cameo, but we’d love to have you kind of thing.  I was like yeah, yeah, yeah it doesn’t sound too intriguing to me.  I’d rather, if they’re going to do that, go ahead and do it on their own. And then it kind of developed further, I believe that’s when Warner Premiere stepped into the picture and decided to kind of take it under their wing and from that point is when I broke the news to Corey that I had heard that there was a script and of course you all saw this on the TV show, but I said you know at this point this is what it is.  There’s a cameo for me and you’re not in it at all and it’s not something that I really want to be a part of and I won’t do it without you and we kind of made that solemn oath and that’s where it stood.

And so were you filming this show when you were filming “Lost Boys: The Tribe”?

Corey: No.  Well, not originally, but then we ended up doing a little bit of re-shoots and pickups and fortunately our cameras were there to capture it.

And have you filmed…has Corey filmed his part of the film yet?

Corey: Yes.

And what was it like being on-set — the 2 of you — when you were doing it?

Corey: Magic.

Was it weird for you though?

Corey: Well, weird is a many-feathered question at the moment. I really can’t get into too much of what happens on the set of “Lost Boys” because I think that’s going to have to be left for the viewer.  Obviously we’ve got a very intense and explosive season coming up this year for “The Two Corey’s” and I actually just saw a rough cut last night of one of the 1^st episode and it’s riveting.  I mean it’s really powerful stuff.  Completely different than last year and “Lost Boys” is kind of the culmination—the “Lost Boys” episode is kind of the culmination of a lot of things that are in play on the show—both on the show and in reality, so if I were to tell you everything that happened I would have to kill you and you don’t want a stake through your heart, I can just see that in your face. 

I would not enjoy it at all actually.  I enjoy my job. 

Corey: Yeah, exactly.

Okay, let’s talk…

Corey: …and the wood I mean in your heart.

Let’s talk a little bit about actually the film and playing the Frog Brothers again. What was that experience…

Corey: Awesome.

I want to know when you first got onset that first day, what was your…were you nervous at all, was it just you couldn’t believe that after 20 years it’s actually happening?  What was going through your mind?

Corey: I wasn’t nervous, I was elated, excited.  I’ll tell you I was very nervous about what is this we’re making.  Are we going to make something that is going to honor and respect the fans and their memories of this film because the last thing I want to do is take something that’s been iconized to the point that it has and destroy it, to shatter peoples dreams or visions or thoughts of what this film could be or should be by making something that cheesy and low grade.  Obviously we didn’t have the budget that we had on the first one.  We didn’t have Keifer Sutherland, we didn’t have Joel Schumacher behind the helm, we didn’t have Richard Donner kind of guiding us and we didn’t have Jason Patrick and Jami Gertz and a lot of talented people.  So there was a lot going against us I felt and there was also a lot going against us in regard to the fact that there is so much hype and so much expectation to what this movie should be and my biggest concern was are we going to be able to live up to that?  And although I haven’t seen the film, so I can’t tell you with an educated guess this is what it’s going to be, I can tell you that from the trailer that I’ve seen and from the work that we’ve done, I think people will be pleasantly surprised.  I think there is enough of the virtue of the original film—enough to say we’ve kept the integrity of the feel, of the style, of the look of the original film.

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