So while it was very weird to talk with Corey, Iâve left out what makes this interview even crazier than all the others Iâve ever done on Collider.
Thankfully, Corey couldnât have been nicer. While he didnât 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 youâre looking forward to the movie, youâll definitely enjoy the interview.
Finally, if youâre going to Comic-Con in a few weeks, you should read this. The quick summary is theyâre premiering Lost Boys: The Tribe on Thursday night and a lot of the cast will be there talking about the film. Itâll 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
Corey Feldman: Hi.
Collider: How are you doing today, sir?
Corey Feldman: Iâm all right how are you?
Collider: Pretty good.
Corey Feldman: Here at the illustrious Warner Brothers offices looking out over the beautiful
Collider: I have to askâ¦obviously weâre filming this for your show.
Corey Feldman: No weâre not, itâs an illusion.
Collider: Okay, exactly.
Corey Feldman: Donât 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, youâd 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? Isnât this what everybody does?
To be honest, for me itâs 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 itâs 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 weâre 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 âLost Boysâ sequel. Many years.
Corey: I didnât hear about it.
Okay, neither did I.
Corey: When are they going to do it?
I donât know. Iâm hoping for this summer.
Corey: That would be awesome. Awesome. Big fan.
What was it for you, I mean obviously youâve been asked for years and years about this, what was your reaction when you first heard, okay weâre really going to do this?
Corey: I didnât believe them. I was like, okay call me when youâre 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, Iâm not joking, I have heard about if on and off through the years. Itâs always been a continuous perpetual yeah letâs do that âLost Boysâ sequel. Kind of like the âGooniesâ sequel. Yeah, letâs do that âGooniesâ sequel. I was saying, yeah okay whatever. Richard Donner, weâll 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 âThe Gooniesâ. 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. Thereâs one I know traveling around the Internet right now that apparently was from the original writer of âThe Lost Boysâ. I havenât actually read it, but apparently itâs out there. And then that got kind of dumped and axed and fallen by the wayside and then apparently there was a âLost Girlsâ which Joel had kind of said in a few interviewsâ¦I didnât 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 todayâs 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 itâs kind of gone through a process of yeah itâs going to happen, no itâs not, yeah itâs going to happen, no itâs not, leading us up to this current version of âLost Boysâ and the current version, the first we heard of it I think was back in October-November of â96 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 weâd love to have you kind of thing. I was like yeah, yeah, yeah it doesnât sound too intriguing to me. Iâd rather, if theyâre going to do that, go ahead and do it on their own. And then it kind of developed further, I believe thatâs 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. Thereâs a cameo for me and youâre not in it at all and itâs not something that I really want to be a part of and I wonât do it without you and we kind of made that solemn oath and thatâs where it stood.
And so were you filming this show when you were filming âLost Boys: The Tribeâ?
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 filmedâ¦has Corey filmed his part of the film yet?
Corey: Yes.
And what was it like being on-set â the 2 of you â 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 canât get into too much of what happens on the set of âLost Boysâ because I think thatâs going to have to be left for the viewer. Obviously weâve got a very intense and explosive season coming up this year for âThe Two Coreyâsâ and I actually just saw a rough cut last night of one of the 1st episode and itâs riveting. I mean itâs really powerful stuff. Completely different than last year and âLost Boysâ is kind of the culminationâthe âLost Boysâ episode is kind of the culmination of a lot of things that are in play on the showâboth on the show and in reality, so if I were to tell you everything that happened I would have to kill you and you donât 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, letâs talkâ¦
Corey: â¦and the wood I mean in your heart.
Letâs talk a little bit about actually the film and playing the Frog Brothers again. What was that experienceâ¦
Corey: Awesome.
I want to know when you first got onset that first day, what was yourâ¦were you nervous at all, was it just you couldnât believe that after 20 years itâs actually happening? What was going through your mind?
Corey: I wasnât nervous, I was elated, excited. Iâll tell you I was very nervous about what is this weâre 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 thatâs 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 didnât have the budget that we had on the first one. We didnât have Keifer Sutherland, we didnât have Joel Schumacher behind the helm, we didnât have Richard Donner kind of guiding us and we didnât 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 havenât seen the film, so I canât tell you with an educated guess this is what itâs going to be, I can tell you that from the trailer that Iâve seen and from the work that weâve done, I think people will be pleasantly surprised. I think there is enough of the virtue of the original filmâenough to say weâve kept the integrity of the feel, of the style, of the look of the original film.
I think fans probably want to knowâhave the Frog Brothers been fighting vampires between the 2 films? Do you think thereâs some back-story that you developed orâ¦?
Corey: I think that all of those answers and more will be revealed in the 4 issue comic book from DC Comics which is on its way and should be here in May, I believe.
Okay. So let me ask you this question, Angus Sutherland plays the baddie from what I know, and heâs Keiferâs half-brother. So is it a requirement that a Sutherland has to be the lead vampire?
Corey: Absolutely! You know, from what Iâve been told and this could be just political hype, but Iâve been told that he came in, he read for the job, he did the best job and thatâs why he got the job. Heâs great. I mean, heâs literally a younger, hipper version of Keifer. Heâs got the presence, heâs a great little actor, very nice guy, charming young man and Iâm very proud to have him on board.
Iâm curious. When you guys were filming on location which Iâm sure you were for part of this film, what was the reaction fromâ¦
Corey: All of it except for 1 day we shot in
What was the reaction of people watching the film? Did you guys have a lot of people standing around wanting to be part of it? Was it quiet on the location?
What was that experience like?
Corey: It was a little batty. Bad joke, never mind. You know it was interesting, we were really sectioned off. Iâm so cheesyâthereâs nips falling out. We were off in
What was it like with Jamison Newlander? You guys were together again playing the brothers. What was that experience like?
Corey: Jamison is amazing. Iâve always thought that Jamison Newlander has always been an under appreciated and under recognized actor. He is amazingly talented and unfortunately you donât really get to see enough of him in this one to understand the full realm of his talent, but I believe thatâs whatâs going to come across in the 3rd one. I think that heâs going to be the rock star in that one and I donât want to say more about it than that.
Well, I have to follow up on that one. Did you sign like a 2 picture deal?
Corey: No. No. This is all speculation.
Okay, but you think it came out good enough that they might want to revisit it again?
Corey: Well, I havenât seen it. I just know that there is buzz and talk of if it does well, if it lives up to the expectations they would like to engage in the idea of a 3rd.
Okay, I have to ask another question. Weâre going to switch to another franchise. Iâve interviewed Josh Brolin a few timesâa part of roundtable interviews whateverâevery single time someone at that table says, âGoonies 2, Goonies 2, Goonies 2â.
Corey: I hear heâs not too excited about that idea.
Actually he talks about it every time. Heâll say I havenât heard anything or whatever. Do you think that if this film is successful that it could actually lead to a 2nd Goonies getting off the ground?
Corey: I donât see how one has anything to do with other. You know again, the powers that be have changed hands so many times. Itâs very political the way things work at the studio system and you know, at one point this was going to be a Richard Donner/Joel Schumacher project and you know after years passed people go on, they go their own directions. I actually as a matter of fact didnât want to do this film without the blessings of Richard Donner and a very true point is before signing a deal asâ¦I wouldnât do the film without Corey and Jamison attached in some way, I also wouldnât do it without the blessings of Richard Donner. And I probably should have called Joel, too. I just didnât have the time.
What was the experience? Did you call Richard Donner?
Corey: I went and sat with him at his office and I said, âDonât know if youâve heard but theyâre making âLost Boys 2ââ. âReally?â âYeah.â âOh thatâs interestingâ. I said, âYeah, hopefully youâre not mad about that and hopefully itâs okay if I do it and I donât want to do it if itâs not okay and Iâm asking for your blessings, but if youâre not okay with it and you donât back it up then I totally understand.â And he said, âNope, kid. Go give them hell. Make it great. Make me proud.â
Good imitation of him actually. I have to ask youâa lot of peopleâComic Con has become a huge part of the popular culture. Every summer in July it goes on in
Corey: I was in Comic Con once ironically enough with Corey Haim and for the premiere of âLost Boysâ 20th anniversary DVD, which was quite the scene. That was insanity. It was complete pandemonium and madness. As a matter of fact, it was the year that the 3rd âMatrixâ had been released and there was an interview or a question/answer session with the Wachowski Brothers right after our panel. And we were actually amazed because we had more people in there than they did. We were like how did that happen? You know, I canât believe this many people still care about this movie. So it was a great time and I always loved meeting the fans and being out there and getting a chance to hear their thoughts. I try to very much keep my fingers on the pulse of whatâs happening in
Last question. How has fatherhood changed you?
Corey: Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life. Iâve always been a huge fan of children. I love kids. Iâve always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children. I love kids, theyâre our future, theyâre amazing, theyâre innocent, theyâre sweet and I mean since I was 18 years old I wanted to have a family, especially because of the lackluster family life that I was raised withâthe childhood that I hadâbeing so corrupt and unbalanced. So having my own child was only kind of like can I do this, I want to do it right. I donât want to mess up. If I do it I want to make sure that I do the best that I can to be the best dad that I can and thatâs the most important thing to me. Everybody says, âAre you going to have another one? You going to have another one?â No. Itâs an amazing experience and I want to get it right. I donât want to go having 5 kids and not pay attention to any of them. I want to have one kid that I focus on, that I give everything to, that I love more than anything and make sure that he becomes a beautiful human being as much as I can within my control. And so far I have to say itâs working. My wife and I are very proud. Our child, and of course Iâm biased, but heâs the most beautiful human being Iâve ever experienced, so I couldnât be happier.
Cool. I really appreciate you giving me your time.
Corey: Thank you.