Actor Corey Feldman has offered a heartfelt tribute to late filmmaker Joel Schumacher, hours after news of his death was made public on Monday. In a series of tweets, typed in all-caps, Feldman spoke highly of Schumacher and even spoke frankly about how he intervened in some of his earlier drug abuse instances.
The 1987 horror flick The Lost Boys was the fourth film directed by Schumacher, and his second to feature members of “The Brat Pack,” a roster of young Hollywood stars. This included both Feldman and Corey Haim, which Feldman credits to giving birth to “The Two Coreys” phenomenon. Feldman played Edgar Frog, a self-proclaimed vampire hunter who makes friends with Sam (Haim) who’s just moved to town. It also served as Feldman’s introduction to drugs, which Schumacher did his best to prevent. While he managed to keep Feldman sober for a spell, the actor admitted that he had to go through what he had to go through.
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Some of these subjects were also touched on in Feldman’s documentary, (My) Truth: The Rape of Coreys, which chronicles allegations of abuse both he and Haim endured in their early days in Hollywood. This included claiming that Charlie Sheen had sexually assaulted Haim, a claim which Sheen vehemently denies.
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS 2DAY I MUST ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF A LEGENDARY DIRECTOR, A FRIEND, AN INFLUENCE, & A SUPPORTER #RIPJOELSCHUMACHER Joel Schumacher Dead: ‘Batman and Robin,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ ‘Flatliners’ Director Was 80 | Hollywood Reporter https://t.co/GXL56B8KDc
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
JOEL WAS THE DIRECTOR OF #THELOSTBOYS IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIM #THE2COREYS EVER MET OR BECAME A THING! IT WAS HIS IDEA! HE WAS THE 1ST PERSON 2 EVER SAY “IVE GOT #THE2COREYS IN MY MOVIE” AS HE BRAGGED ON THE PHONE 2 A FRIEND FROM THE WARDROBE FITTING AS I WAS TRYING ON MY #EDGARFROG
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
COSTUME 4 THE 1ST TIME EVER! IT WOULD B 2 WEEKS LATER THAT I WOULD MEET #COREYHAIM 4 THE 1ST TIME! THOUGH JOEL WAS A GAY MAN, HE HAD NOTHING 2 DO W THE CORRUPTION THAT OCCURED W HAIM & I DURING THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE. IN FACT HE HAD NO IDEA. HE DID HOWEVER SENSE DEEP PAIN IN ME
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
COSTUME 4 THE 1ST TIME EVER! IT WOULD B 2 WEEKS LATER THAT I WOULD MEET #COREYHAIM 4 THE 1ST TIME! THOUGH JOEL WAS A GAY MAN, HE HAD NOTHING 2 DO W THE CORRUPTION THAT OCCURED W HAIM & I DURING THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE. IN FACT HE HAD NO IDEA. HE DID HOWEVER SENSE DEEP PAIN IN ME
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
THAT IS WHAT LED 2 R CLOSE FRIENDSHIP. AS THE 1ST DAY I WAS GIVEN COCAINE BY AN ADULT WAS ON THE SET OF #THELOSTBOYS JOEL WAS SOBER @ THE TIME & IMMEDIATELY NOTICED I WAS HIGH! HE FIRED ME ON THE SPOT. HE THEN ASKED WHERE MY PARENTS WERE! WHEN I TOLD HIM I DIDNT KNOW, HE REALIZED
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
IT WASNT MY FAULT! SO HE REHIRED ME W A WARNING. I NEVER DID COCAINE AGAIN UNTIL A YEAR LATER. ONCE I STARTED DOWN THE WRONG PATH JOEL CALLED ME 2 HIS HOME. WE MET. HE TRIED 2 PREVENT MY DESCENT. HOWEVER I DIDNT LISTEN AS I WAS 16 & HAD 2 GO THRU WHAT I HAD 2 GO THRU.
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF OUR DUDE UP THERE IN HEAVEN! MAYBE NOW U CAN START TALKIN 2 #COREYHAIM ABOUT ALL THE THINGS WE CAN CREATE ONCE WE ALL MEET AGAIN IN ETERNITY! GOD BLESS U MY FRIEND! YOUR ART WILL LIVE ON IN INFAMY! #RIPJOELSCHUMACHER #THELOSTBOYS #BATMANFOREVER #FLATLINERS
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) June 22, 2020
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