Josh Brolin and Kerri Green were making their acting debuts, while Sean Astin, Jonathan Ke Quan and Martha Plimpton had a few prior roles between them. Of the young actors playing Donner’s Goonies, very few of them had actual acting experience. I just had to figure my way around it, but it drove me nuts.” But the reason they weren’t is because they were functioning on their instincts, and their instincts at that moment told them to go there and not there. But because it was instinct they didn’t have the discipline of a professional actor, a trained actor who knew that on that line or that move they were going to scratch themselves or drink a Coke or eat a slice of pizza, so every time you would make cuts to match, they were all over the place. What came out of them was instinct and that was beautiful. “The annoying thing was the lack of discipline,” Donner told us, “and that was also what was great because it meant that they weren’t professionals. Related: ‘Hey, You Guys!’: These Are The ‘Goonies’ Quotes Every ’80s Kid Should Know By Heart While Donner might have been apprehensive about working with kids, casting directors Mike Fenton and Judy Taylor somehow put together an incredible group with a perfect chemistry - although, the kids were a bit of a handful. Beats the hell out of playing video games all day. So, why are you giving this to me? He said because he was busy doing something else and he thought I was as big a kid as he was and he gave it to me.”Ĭolumbus has previously said that the idea for The Goonies (originally titled The Goon Kids, so thank goodness they changed that one) came from a simple question: What do kids do when they’re bored on a rainy day? In this case, it was to embark on an adventure that had them racing against a notorious criminal family to find a legendary pirate’s treasure. “Because it was Steven Spielberg who made the best movies for kids and for dreaming in the world. “My first thoughts were, ‘why me?’ ” Donner recalled. “They became the Goonies who loved each other and hated each other.” In an era of remakes and reboots, The Goonies remains an untouchable classic that should be appreciated as is, especially considering it’s a film with a heartwarming story within a heartwarming story, as Donner revealed to us. The Goonies is one of those truly magical films that appeals to children today just as it appealed to their parents when they were children. The question is, do we really need a sequel to this beloved ‘80s movie? Some stories are just best left alone, especially when they stand the test of time. Related: The Owner Of Mikey’s House From ‘The Goonies’ Has Had Enough Of The Movie’s Fans The problem, though, is that even if Donner and Steven Spielberg find a story that they like, we won’t see a complete reunion, because Jeff Cohen reassured us that he has hung up his Hawaiian shirt for a career as a prominent entertainment attorney and author. Sean Astin got fans riled up a while back when he told MTV that One-Eyed Willy’s Inferno would soon sail again, and it shouldn’t shatter any monocles that Corey Feldman would readily return as Mouth at the drop of a nude statue. Thanks to sites that most people have never heard of recycling the clip as fresh news, it has become the click that keeps on baiting, with people sharing it daily with the hopes that The Goonies 2 is on its way, 30 years later.īut the good news is that three decades after the release of this iconic cult classic, people still love it so much that they lose their minds when Donner or any of the cast members even mention a sequel. Last year, director Richard Donner caused the internet to collectively freak out when he told a TMZ cameraman that a sequel to The Goonies was finally happening and the original cast was returning. First, the bad news: we’re still no closer to a sequel to The Goonies today than we were in 1985.
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