The kid had a couple of incredible classics under his belt, so what was next for Corey? How about another classic – this time, in the horror genre? The movie “The Lost Boys” has been described as a cult classic – how many other supernatural comedy horror films came out during the eighties? It starred Corey Feldman in his first leading role, and it also featured Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, and plenty more.
A pair of brothers move to the fictional town of Santa Carla, California, only to discover that it’s a haven for vampires. The title is a reference to “Peter Pan,” who never grew up – just like the vampires. While it’s receded down to cult status now, the movie was a hit when it first came out.
The Early Life of a Star
Feldman, full name Corey Scott Feldman, was born on July sixteenth, 1971, in Reseda, California. His father was Bob Feldman, a musician, and his mother was Sheila Feldman, née Goldstein, a cocktail waitress. Feldman was raised Jewish, and it seems possible that he has continued in that faith – his second marriage was officiated by a rabbi (as well as by MC Hammer, who is an ordained minister).
Not a great deal is known about Feldman’s early years, but he’s claimed that his parents exploited him for his earning potential as a child actor, and in addition he’s claimed that his mother was abusive. His mother has denied those accusations. But we’ll get to those – let’s go over his first moves in the entertainment industry first.
Corey’s First Roles
Feldman’s very first role was at the young age of three, when he appeared in a McDonald’s commercial. It would be only the first of more than a hundred commercials he had a part in. He was also a bit player in around fifty television shows, usually only showing up for a single appearance.
These include shows like “Mork & Mindy,” “Eight is Enough,” “One Day at a Time,” “Madame’s Place,” and even “Cheers.” He had a larger part in shows like “The Bad News Bears,” and he had a few early roles in movies such as “Time After Time” and “The Fox and the Hound,” from Disney. The big screen was calling, but it took a couple of years before Feldman was ready to truly stand in the spotlight.
Making His Way Up
In 1981, Feldman appeared in the musical comedy children’s special “How to Eat Like a Child,” which had him alongside fellow child stars Billy Jayne and Georg Olden. He got a little bit of a break by portraying “Little Big” Jim Malloy in the pilot episode “Cass Malloy” in 1982, which would go on to become the sitcom “She’s the Sheriff.” After those, and after a few more small TV appearances, Feldman would get his biggest break: He played Tommy in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
A silly name for the fourth of now a dozen movies in the franchise, but it was well-received and helped propel Feldman into the limelight. His character was a young boy who goes on to become the archenemy of the series’s famous killer Jason Voorhees.
An Even Better Film
“Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” made ten times its budget at the box office. What was next for Corey? How about a little movie called “Gremlins?” This comedy horror film cast Corey Feldman as a kid named Pete Fountaine, and while he might not have been one of the top-billed actors or actresses in the film, it did a lot to prove that he was able to be a boon to a movie.
Not only that, but the movie was a huge hit: against a budget of only eleven million dollars, it made a whopping two hundred and twelve at the box office. Also, did you know that Howie Mandel was the voice of the main Gremlin, Gizmo? We didn’t know that. This was a Spielberg film, which helped Feldman get cast in his next movie.
Finding Buried Treasure
What was that next film? It was none other than one of the most famous and critically acclaimed eighties movies ever: “The Goonies.” While he didn’t get top billing, he was in there with Sean Astin, Josh Brolin (you know, the guy who played Thanos?), and Jeff Cohen in a big ensemble cast. Any kid that was around for this movie – and plenty that were born after it – recall this film as a landmark piece of movie-making from the era.
Feldman played Clark “Mouth” Devereaux, one of the Goonies who is nicknamed such for his quick tongue. He’s also the best friend of Mikey, the leader of the Goonies. The movie was an absolute smash hit, making almost a hundred and thirty million dollars against a budget of a little under twenty million.
To Sequel, or Not to Sequel?
“The Goonies” was a hit. It won numerous awards, did big numbers at the box office, and has plenty of great reviews no matter where you look. It was an early Spielberg joint, and it showcased some of his genius and tricks. Feldman himself was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his role. Right away, rumors began to fly about a sequel, but it never materialized. It’s been attempted in one form or another.
Feldman and Astin have both said that it was both happening for sure, and definitely not happening. Conversations have been ongoing up until 2021, which had hints about a sequel being written. There was a comic book series in the works, an animated television series, and even a musical adaptation, but nothing ever materialized.
The Next Big Thing
But, at the time, Feldman wasn’t concerned with a sequel to “The Goonies.” He was onto his next big project, which would almost become even more popular and famous: “Stand by Me.” Based on the Stephen King short story “The Body,” this film follows Gordie Lachance (played by Wil Wheaton) and his three friends as they look for the body of a dead boy.
It’s a coming-of-age story that shows the almighty power of friendship. Feldman played one of the friends, a kid named Teddy Duchamp. One of the other boys in the film was played by River Phoenix, someone who would become quite important in Feldman’s life. The movie was nominated for and won several awards, and several critics have gone so far as to call it one of the greatest films of all time.
The Legacy of the Film
Writer Alex Hannaford wrote that to anyone who caught the movie when it came out, “Stand by Me” has a charm and depth that seems to resonate – it doesn’t matter which generation you’re in. It’s been called an apex of the kid movie boom that was taking place in the eighties (of which Feldman had a big part) and a coming-of-age classic.
The town of Brownsville, Oregon has had an annual “Stand by Me Day” since 2007, which often includes cast and crew Q&A sessions including Feldman. Brownsville is where the film was shot, so fans are able to trace the route the boys take. There’s even a penny embedded in the street in the same place where the fictional Vern finds one in the movie.
Get Lost, Feldman
The kid had a couple of incredible classics under his belt, so what was next for Corey? How about another classic – this time, in the horror genre? The movie “The Lost Boys” has been described as a cult classic – how many other supernatural comedy horror films came out during the eighties? It starred Corey Feldman in his first leading role, and it also featured Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, and plenty more.
A pair of brothers move to the fictional town of Santa Carla, California, only to discover that it’s a haven for vampires. The title is a reference to “Peter Pan,” who never grew up – just like the vampires. While it’s receded down to cult status now, the movie was a hit when it first came out.
A True Star
No doubt about it: Feldman was a money maker and a big star in Hollywood after a string of not only popular but famous and critically acclaimed movies. What was next for Feldman after “The Lost Boys?” It was… “License to Drive.” No, it might not be called one of the best movies ever, but it still did fine. It made its budget and then some, though it got generally negative reviews.
It starred Corey Feldman as well as Corey Haim in their second of three collaborations, the first being “The Lost Boys.” So the film might not have gone gangbusters, but several people still had nice things to say about it, calling it passable summer entertainment. Hey, even a big star has a little bit of a slump, right?
Time to be a Teen Idol
Thanks to his time in so many of these famous movies, Feldman was turning into a teen idol and heartthrob. He was a popular teen pin-up model in the bedroom of many a teenage girl. Sure, he might not have been the most conventionally attractive guy, but there’s nothing wrong with something a little different from the Hollywood standard. Things were going well for Feldman.
He was a star of the screen, he was the apple of many star-struck teens’ eyes, and he was even friends with Michael Jackson. Yep, no doubt about it, it was good to be Corey Feldman. However, life has a way of balancing the scales for many people, and it’s sad to say that Corey was one of the people about to be evened out. But first, let’s talk about his time with the King of Pop.
When The King Comes to Town
Like pretty much everybody else in the whole world – and especially a young kid who loved pop music – Corey Feldman was a fan of Michael Jackson. It’s a good thing that Steven Spielberg, director of “The Goonies” was friends with Jackson, then. Feldman constantly pestered Spielberg to have Jackson visit the set of the movie, and eventually, Spielberg acquiesced.
Right before an important scene (the Goonies were tampering with the Astoria Country Club’s plumbing) Spielberg let Feldman know that Jackson was paying a visit. Feldman was so excited you can see it in the movie – in the shot of Feldman’s character Mouth yelling “Reverse pressure!” You can tell Feldman has a ton of enthusiasm. He had just gotten the news, and there was no way for him to be anything other than excited.
Friends With an Even Bigger Star
To Feldman’s delight, he and Michael Jackson became friends during Jackson’s visit to the set, and they made plans to hang out. Actually, they made plans to visit the most magical place in the world – Disneyland. Even at the time, Feldman was a minor star, and Jackson was the biggest person on the world’s stage. How were they going to avoid being mobbed? Believe it or not, a couple of simple disguises.
Feldman wore aviator sunglasses and a fake mustache, while MJ had a giant afro and a fake nose. It seems like a movie waiting to happen, but it was real and it actually worked. And Jackson proved to be a cool guy: when they found the hotel room only had one bed, Jackson slept on a cot and gave Feldman the bed.
A Guy to Look Up To
Feldman and Jackson were only thirteen years apart in age, and Feldman reported that Jackson was extremely straight-laced. There was no drinking, no substances, and Feldman even remembers Jackson asking him not to swear. Not the kind of celebrity friendship anybody was expecting. They spent more time together after Disneyland and formed a close relationship. But not too close: amid certain rumors swirling around Jackson, Feldman says that the pop star was never inappropriate with him or, as far as he knew, with any other children.
Feldman has even said that Michael Jackson’s world became a happy place, as crazy as it sounds. As we’re about to see, Feldman’s life was going to take a couple of turns for the worse, but at least he had a place to get away from it all.
More Fun in the Eighties
Before the eighties would end, Corey Feldman had a couple more movies released. The first was “The ‘Burbs,” a black comedy film that starred Tom Hanks. After that, it was “Dream a Little Dream,” which was chock full of eighties elements and starred the two Coreys along with Meredith Salenger. It’s listed as a “fantasy-romantic comedy-drama.” It was a big stumble at the box office, just barely making back its budget.
In 1990, Feldman provided the voice of Donatello in the live-action “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film. At the time he was undoubtedly the biggest star in the movie. This was another big hit for Feldman, making over two hundred million dollars, but all was not right for the actor.
The Dream Is Over
After the end of filming for “Dream a Little Dream,” the studio let the director and the stars relax in their suite at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles for a final night of fun. These names included Mark Rocco, Rickey Schroeder, Corey Haim, and of course Feldman. Feldman took the chance to invite a few friends over to join in. Apparently, something like a thousand people ended up in the suite that night.
Televisions were tossed out of windows, an exotic dancer was hosed down with Champagne, kids were streaking through the halls of the penthouse suite, and the minibar was deposited into a bathtub. All told, the bill that was sent to the studio after this “last night of relaxation” topped ten thousand dollars. Feldman was a big culprit thanks to a new habit.
It Was Still the Eighties
Apparently, Feldman had been having issues with substance use for some time. Most reports tell us that the habit started shortly after he filmed “The ‘Burbs” in 1989, but some accounts tell us that it could have been as far back as “The Lost Boys.” Joel Schumacher, the director, discovered Feldman under the influence of a highly illicit substance – Feldman was only sixteen at this time, remember – and fired him.
However, Schumacher had a change of heart the next day and Feldman was able to return. Feldman says it was the first time he had taken that substance, which had been supplied by an adult on the set. Feldman says it was because of his problems with his mother, something that got so bad the other actors had to step in to keep him sane.
Keeping an Eye Out
Kiefer Sutherland, just a few years older than Feldman, once found Feldman crying due to the stress his mother was putting on his life. Feldman was crying outside his hotel room, and while sitting with some of the other actors and actresses in the film, Sutherland would regularly check on Feldman to make sure he was still okay.
After the movie finished, many of the people working on the film opened up, saying they all knew that Feldman’s mother was a mess. Sutherland has even gone on record saying more than once that he wanted to “shake some sense” into Feldman’s mother. While it’s almost certain that Sutherland and the others didn’t see all of it, they still saw a kid who was struggling and didn’t know what else they could do.
So, What Did She Do?
For a bunch of reasons, details are a little hard to pin down when it comes to what, exactly, happened between Feldman and his mother. He’s said things in his biography and other events, she has denied the allegations...it’s all a mess. Here’s what we can tell you. Feldman has said that while sending him to auditions as young as three years old, she was also giving him diet pills when he was as young as FOUR.
When a kid’s job is essentially to be putting on as much weight as possible. They were caffeine pills, according to Feldman, and he didn’t like the feeling, saying they made him anxious and sweaty. Yup, sounds like caffeine. Once he was old enough to do so, Feldman was selling the pills to others instead of taking them himself.
No End to the Problems
Allegedly (and that’s an important word here – we’re going off what Feldman has said, which might not be wholly true) Corey’s mother started calling him fat and ugly, would strike him – even if he hadn’t done anything wrong, just random beatings on general principles – and would smear Clearasil on his face while he slept.
This continued for years, which makes it obvious why a teenage Feldman might be found crying outside his hotel room during shooting. Feldman’s mom, Sheila, has denied the allegations, saying “it’s not all negative.” Odd way to deny the allegations. She maintains that if Feldman had followed her advice, he would be an actor, director, and producer by this time. But where was Dad in all of this time? Turns out he wasn’t around much.
A Life of Music
Corey Feldman’s dad, Bob Feldman, was a musician, and Feldman has said that he didn’t spend too much time at home. Bob was a member of the sixties band “The Strangeloves,” who had a couple of big hits during the decade. He was touring and away from the house a lot during the early part of Corey’s life, which made it that much easier for Sheila to do whatever she wanted with Corey.
Since most of the allegations focus on Corey’s mother, we’re not sure how he thinks of his father. Maybe if Bob had been around more, things would have turned out better. Maybe Bob was gone a lot because he didn’t approve of Sheila’s actions. It’s impossible to know.
Making Themselves Famous with Corey
Some simply aren’t the best parents, even if they’re trying to be, but it doesn’t seem like the Feldmans tried very hard. They separated when he was only eleven, but his home life didn’t get any easier after that. Both of his parents had brushes with fame and wanted to get back into the limelight, and they chose to do it with Corey as the proxy.
His mother was at one point a “Playboy” bunny who wasn’t ready to give up her time in the spotlight just yet. Bob Feldman had a couple of big musical hits, and was fine with chilling out with his son, but didn’t really seem to be interested in being a parent to Corey that much.
The Life of a Child Star
Child stars have a historically hard time in life, and Feldman is one of the poster boys of the child star life. During this period of a miserable home life and sometimes violent parents (again, allegedly), Feldman would eventually consider himself a kind of slave, forced into work at the age of three. Feldman, like other child stars Macaulay Culkin and Drew Barrymore, would seek and receive emancipation from his parents at a young age – just fifteen years old.
His parents had mishandled all the money he’d earned from his famous roles, along with the trauma that he was suffering. It’s impossible to look at what had happened to him and say he didn’t have a good point. In fact, his relationship with his mother was so broken he felt he couldn’t even report other things to her.
Even Worse Allegations
According to Feldman, both of his parents were neglectful enough to make them someone he couldn’t trust to even keep him safe from other people who would hurt him – in the worst way. His dad hired a man named Ron Grissom who hit it off with Feldman with witty jokes. Feldman says they were really similar, and wonders if Grissom was copying him on purpose.
Grissom was a good-looking guy in his early twenties and, according to Feldman, he would eventually take advantage of Feldman in an unspeakable manner. The name was revealed in a 2016 interview, but Feldman wanted to reveal it much sooner. However, his lawyers advised him not to, saying it would leave him too vulnerable to lawsuits from Grissom. In his autobiography, Feldman used a nickname to describe the event, and he went with “Ron Crimson.”
Not Believing
This is an incredibly tough topic, and despite her faults, Sheila Feldman (who was going by Sheila Kenner at the time) must have believed it, right? Right? We’re afraid not. She’s claimed in interviews that much of what Corey wrote in his book “Coreyography” was untrue, and that he told her to “just go along with it.”
This has the added benefit of making her own faults look not as bad. According to Sheila, she and her son went out to dinner prior to his book coming out, and Corey said she wouldn’t like what he had to say. According to her, she responded by saying no, she wouldn’t and she also knew that most of it wasn’t going to be true. Assuming it’s false right out of the gate is a pretty bad look.
Sued By His Own Dad
There’s a possibility that Feldman could have brought charges against his father for one thing or another, but incredibly it was Bob Feldman that ended up suing his son and not the other way around. Not only was there the part about Ron Grissom (whom Feldman also alleged gave him illicit substances while he was a teenager, and would also get a little too handsy with Corey Haim around the same period) but Bob Feldman also sued his son, saying that he, Bob, was owed restitution for the time he had to take away from his own business to look after Corey and Corey’s affairs.
We’re sure that the older Feldman was notified of this, but that’s called being a parent. Perhaps this was after the emancipation, in which case we could see an argument, but still not a very good one.
Never Let Anyone Know
It’s obvious that eventually, people were able to figure things out once he had his freedom, and once the stresses were powerful enough, but Corey also kept a lot of what was happening with his parents a secret. Rob Reiner, the director of “Stand by Me,” knew that the role that Feldman held in the film, Teddy Duchamp, was a kid who was struggling and always on the edge of doing something crazy.
The pain behind the character’s eyes was an integral part. Reiner says he saw a similar amount of pain in Feldman, but was unaware how much the child was suffering until much later. Reiner would say that Feldman didn’t let anyone know. Think about it – how easy is it to tell people you work with how much you’re hurting? Feldman might have thought he didn’t have anyone to turn to.
The Gateway
Like so many other kids his age, Feldman tried the traditional gateway substance for the first time when he was a teenager. It was in 1986, with his friend River Phoenix, while they were filming “Stand by Me.” More on River later. The two teens persuaded a sound engineer to let them take a hit from his stuff. Feldman says that they giggled like children, but both of them claimed they didn’t feel anything.
It was a not-uncommon thing for a kid to do at the time, but it led to a whole lot more for both of the boys. It was truly a gateway not only for harder and more dangerous substances, but rampant alcohol use as well. As we’re about to see, things quickly started getting out of hand.
An Attempted Intervention
The writing was on the wall for some of the people around Feldman. By the end of the eighties, his substance and alcohol use and behavior were becoming worse, and some who worked with him attempted to guide him to better habits. While filming “The ‘Burbs,” it was clear the young actor was struggling. Famous actress Carrie Fisher was part of that film, and as someone who had her own troubles with substances, she wanted to help Feldman out.
She and director Joe Dante sat down with Feldman to try and warn him about what might be coming down the road if he didn’t make some changes. They encouraged him to get help to go sober. If anybody could get a kid to change his ways in the eighties, it was Carrie Fisher, right?
Begging the Boy
Apparently, Carrie Fisher sat down with Feldman in 1989 and begged him to get help, telling him he was an incredibly talented actor but the substances weren’t going to help. If he kept going down that road, he was going to throw everything he had accomplished and worked for away. He still had time to reverse some of the damage before it was too late.
However, even a legendary actress who had gone through the exact same things as Feldman was going through wasn’t enough to change his actions for a little while. Until the point Feldman needed to get help, things continued to decline, including a couple of run-ins with police on substance charges. He wasn’t the first child actor to have the problem, and he certainly wasn’t the last.
Issues With the Law
Substances, alcohol, a terrible home life, fame...it’s all part of an equation for a child actor that results in troubles with the law. Between his discussion with Carrie Fisher and eventually stepping into a rehab facility, it was more than a year. During that time, police had caught up to Feldman three times on substance-related charges, leading to arrests all three times. He entered a rehab center in North Hollywood for ten months in December of 1990.
It was during this time that Feldman made another big step – as part of his rehab, he spoke to a therapist about his childhood trauma, which allowed him to heal there, too. Someone who struggled with so much, and had so few people to pour his heart to, no doubt found a great deal of aid from a professional therapist.
Friends to Depend On
So Corey had a bad time with his parents, but it seems the kid was at least able to find people that he could count on. Fellow child actors like River Phoenix, older actors like Keifer Sutherland and Carrie Fisher, and even the King of Pop himself. In 1989, Feldman added another name to that list: actress Vanessa Marcil.
The two were married during the year, while Feldman was at the top of the pile and while Marcil was climbing. She would eventually get roles on “General Hospital,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and “Las Vegas” among a bevy of other shows and even a few movies like “The Rock.” However, this was all after the relationship between the two actors had ended. According to Feldman, it was quite the impulsive marriage.
A Couple of Crazy Kids
Feldman explains that he was eighteen, and she was twenty-one. He describes it as puppy love, but it’s probably more accurately described as a couple of young, attractive people who didn’t know any better. They thought it would be fun to fly to Las Vegas at three in the morning and get married. They met and were married so quickly and impulsively that Marcil didn’t even tell her parents for a while.
How long is a while, in this case, you ask? An entire year, Marcil says. Corey was a teen heartthrob and Marcil was an attractive young woman, and sometimes that’s all a couple of crazy kids need. The relationship didn’t last very long...but, honestly, it lasted longer than a lot of other Hollywood marriages, especially impulsive ones between newly minted adults.
Still Good Friends
Both of the people involved in the marriage have said that they didn’t have much of a marriage. Feldman was only eighteen and still struggling with substances and everything else at the time. Feldman’s agent and publicist did a lot to keep the marriage private and out of the tabloids – Feldman was getting enough bad press as it was.
Not that the marriage was a bad thing, necessarily, but the celeb rags would have probably looked down on it. And they had a fairly unconventional marriage, too – they never moved in together or did any, as Feldman put it, married stuff. They stayed married until 1993 before the union was dissolved. However, not everybody sees the relationship in that way. Marcil herself thinks about things a little differently, it seems.
Denying the Marriage
In an interview with “Maxim” magazine in 2005, Marcil denied the fact that she and Corey Feldman were actually married. This is despite legal records showing that they were, actually, married. It wasn’t even the first time she had denied the relationship. She spoke to “Entertainment Weekly” in 1999, claiming that the marriage was a joke they played on their friends. She stated they were just a couple of messed-up kids and wanted to pull a prank.
While it had been a crazy time for both of them, it’s strange to have Marcil deny the marriage, even though it’s clear that it was a real one. She might be correct in that it was initially just a gag, but in the eyes of the law, it was a real union.
A Man About Town
Before he was even married (the first time), Feldman was one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors. While just a teen, he was going on dates with stars like Drew Barrymore. To call it an affair is to stretch the meaning of the term, though. The two were quite young. They were each others’ date for the 1989 Oscars, while Feldman was eighteen and Barrymore was fourteen. Feldman’s memoir tells us a little more about this relationship, however – apparently, their first time on a date was when Feldman was fourteen, and Barrymore was only TEN.
Barrymore similarly sought emancipation from her parents like Feldman, but we’re still going to bet there was some parental guidance during this outing. We hear some kids might start dating around then, but ten is still super young.
Plenty of Romantic Connections
Other romantic relationships that Feldman has had that didn’t go the distance include Heather Graham and Shannon Malone. In addition, he dated Alyssa Milano, who was on a couple of big shows at the time. It’s reported that Milano dated Feldman’s fellow Corey, Haim, during the same period. Milano backed up both of the Coreys when they spoke out about the abuse they had suffered at the hands of adults and their parents, claiming not to have known about it while they were in relationships.
Feldman actually defended his ex after the comments were made (which of course became front-page news in the tabloids), saying something to the point that he didn’t tell her everything that was happening. It wasn’t a very long relationship, anyway, so they didn’t get into that sort of heavy stuff.
In Front of the Camera Again
Feldman had ridden the waves of fame through troughs and peaks – where was he headed next? Surely one of the biggest child stars of the eighties – and by all accounts a talented actor – had a good platform to launch an adult career, right? You’d think so. His first movie in 1991 was the film “Edge of Honor,” which had him as the lead.
It got middling reviews, and at best it’s regarded with a little bit of cult status. It was a much more adult film for Feldman, but it didn’t really stun the box office. Since this was after an arrest on substance charges, Feldman was required to have a counselor on the set with him and submit periodic tests. After filming was over, Feldman would enter rehab.
A Love of Music
Feldman’s father might not have been in Corey’s life that much, but Bob Feldman still gave his son a certain love of music. This led to Feldman being cast in the 1991 film “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Forever,” a sequel/remake of the 1979 film that starred members of the Ramones. It was a musical comedy film that allowed Feldman to stretch his wings a little, but once again it didn’t get audiences all that excited. It wasn’t as well received as its predecessor.
While Feldman was still a draw at the box office, something had changed. Surely he couldn’t have been that much of a flash in the pan, could he? He was in multiple incredible films, and everybody loved his acting! Surely his next film would be a return to form.
More Voice Work
Since some of his first roles in Hollywood, Feldman had shown himself to be a reliable voice actor. He was young Copper in “The Fox and the Hound” from Disney, and one of the turtles in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” both rather high-profile releases. His next bit of voice acting might not stand up to those first two releases, however: he was the English voice for Pico from “The Magic Voyage.”
It was a German animated fantasy film made in Germany in 1992, and it got two English dubs. The first was from Atlas Film, and the second was from Hemdale Film Corporation, which featured Feldman as well as a number of other big names, including Dom DeLuise, Irene Cara, Mickey Rooney, and Samantha Eggar. The second dub also had lots of ad-libbing, which we hope made it a lot of fun.
Starting His Musical Career
Combining Feldman’s friendship with Michael Jackson and his famous name, Feldman was able to start a little musical career of his own in 1992 with the album “Love Left.” Feldman says that he had studied Michael Jackson’s dance moves and style, and “copied him effortlessly.” We’d like to tell you that it did well, but it simply didn’t.
Critics were brutal to the album, and even three-star reviews were few and far between. But Feldman wasn’t about to give up – he loved making music, and he’d return to it eventually. In the meantime, he had plenty of movies to act in. Quite a lot of them, actually.
No End of Work
At this point in his career, Feldman was getting more movie projects than he could shake a stick at. Between “The Magic Voyage” and the end of the decade, he would have parts in twenty-two films. Most of them had him show up on screen, while some of them he just used his voice. The problem was, none of the projects were really all that good.
After “The Magic Voyage” he starred in “Meatballs 4,” the fourth and final installment of the famous “Meatballs” film series, which we legitimately didn’t know existed until the writing of this article. Feldman plays a water skiing instructor who is trying to save a camp from being bought out. His film after that, “Round Trip to Heaven,” doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page.
Getting Hot and Heavy
His next attempt at a big film took him out of the country – to Canada, but it’s still out of the country. It was called “Blown Away,” and it was an erotic thriller that had Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, with poor Nicole Eggert trying to pick between the two (and there’s a lot more stuff that happens, too).
Also in 1993 were the movies “Stepmonster” with Alan Thicke, “National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1” which stars Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson. The film was a spoof of the “Lethal Weapon” films, and Feldman had a cameo as “Young Cop.” He also returned as the voice of Donatello in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III,” which while a box office success, didn’t do very well with the critics. But a success is a success, right?
Working With the Kids
After his public battle with substances, Feldman had applied his free time to rehabilitating both himself and his public image by working with a number of youth ventures. He’s become the National Ambassador for CHILD USA, a non-profit designed to fight the statute of limitations for child abuse. He worked with a number of other groups as well, hoping to let the public know that he had moved on from his wild ways and was a proper member of society again.
For all intents and purposes, the tactic seemed to work, and he got to get some good things done – and still is. It takes a strong person to take something terrible that happened to him or her and use it to good for others. Good for you, Corey.
A Tragedy to Finish the Year
1993 was going well for Feldman. He’d been busy working, he’d been staying away from substances, he’d put out a little music, and he’d been doing good work in the community. But tragedy was going to strike Feldman’s life, and it was because of his friend River Phoenix. The two had met on the set of “Stand by Me,” and they were good friends.
They’d smoked for the first time together, they’d helped each other out of tough spots, and as fellow child actors they understood a little more about what the other was going through. Phoenix was also a musician, and his star was still rising. While their films might have differed, these two seemed to be exactly the same in the way their lives were going.
Into the Ashes
Yes, the two WERE very similar, so it probably came as a powerful shock for Feldman when he found out River Phoenix had died prior to a show at a club, but at the tail-end of a multiple-day bender with Johnny Depp, members of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, and other celebrities. He died a few hours into Halloween, 1993, at the young age of twenty-three.
He had already signed on as the interviewer position for “Interview with a Vampire,” which was filled by Christian Slater. The movie was dedicated to him in the credits. Feldman would recall the fun they had together, saying there was never a bad moment, or an awkward moment, and that it was always fun and laughs. At the very least, we’re glad Phoenix didn’t die during Feldman’s rough period – it might have become even more tragic.
Back to the Big Screen
As Feldman struggled following the loss of his friend, his movie career actually gained a little more traction. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” might not have wowed the critics, but it got him back in the public eye. After that, it was the horror comedy film “Tales From The Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood” along with Dennis Miller and Angie Everhart. Critical reviews were painfully low.
In 1995, Feldman starred with Haim in their last mainstream film together: “Dream a Little Dream 2.” It also didn’t do amazing with the critics, but fans at least seemed to enjoy it. Following those movies, Feldman was named as one of the stars for the CBS TV series “Dweebs.” He, along with a number of other actors, were all employees of a tech company called Cyberbyte, owned by actor Peter Scolari’s character.
Short-Lived Show
Actress Farrah Forke played Carey, the main character of the “Dweebs” show, who was a technophobic woman hired to be the office manager of the tech company. Feldman and the other employees were all stereotypical nerds or “Dweebs,” who were intelligent yet socially inept. Carey contrasted them as someone who didn’t like technology, yet was able to handle social situations and be friendly with people in a way that didn’t immediately turn them off.
The show only ran for a couple of episodes (which is how most shows go, if we’re being honest) with a total of ten episodes being filmed and a mere seven being aired in the United States. All ten episodes would be aired in the United Kingdom. If the setup of this show sounds a little familiar, you’re right.
A Trailblazer
While “Dweebs” wasn’t a very good show, it did set the stage for later shows that would become much more famous. You might be aware of a little show called “The Big Bang Theory,” which has a very similar setup, but no doubt the closest other show was “The IT Crowd,” which follows the structure of “Dweebs” almost to a T. A computer-illiterate woman is hired to manage a bunch of nerdy tech guys, and hilarity ensues. There’s also the show “Silicon Valley.”
“Dweebs” was possibly the very first sitcom to focus on the tech world, and used computers integrated into daily life. While the show was ahead of its time, that proved to be its downfall, as the use of computers wasn’t yet a big part of people’s lives in the mid-nineties.
The Second Album
Amid all the work he was getting as an actor, Feldman also found time to release another album in 1999. This one was called “Still Searching for Soul,” and it was with his band, Corey Feldman’s Truth Movement. In a bit of a surprise, the album actually wasn’t bad – maybe it was the band that was able to lay a solid bed for Feldman’s performance.
Nobody will come out and say it’s a masterpiece, but reviews and ratings averaged around three and a half stars. Some people find it to be a putrid pile, which led some other reviews to ask people to give the guy a little slack. The music is a cheesy blend of ska, punk, and folk, and that’s quite the combination. Yes, the end of the nineties was a strange time.
Skipping Ahead
Feldman had plenty of work during the second half of the nineties, but we’re a little sad to say that not a great deal of it is memorable. Scanning the list, you’ll see titles like “Evil Obsession,” “Red Line,” and “Busted,” and those are the more famous films from the time. “Busted” is a particular one, since it was Corey Feldman’s directorial debut, and he was also the lead star. As of this writing, it’s his only director’s credit.
It originally also starred Corey Haim, but Haim’s frequent substance use and absences during filming forced Feldman to fire his friend from the movie. Feldman has gone on record saying it was one of the hardest and most painful things he’s ever had to do. In addition, the movie didn’t do very well. It sits below three stars on IMDb.
A New Millennium
Once the decade ended and the world was flung into the amazing future of the twenty-first century, Feldman might have been able to see the writing on the wall. Whether it was his distant substance issues, his poor pick of studio projects, or his acting chops, he just wasn’t a big star anymore.
In the year 2000, he acted as Charles in “The Million Dollar Kid,” applied his voice to Max the Mouse in “The Scarecrow,” and was credited as Edggar Frogg for some strange reason, and had a small role as Sarah’s gynecologist in “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.” These weren’t the kinds of roles he’d grown up with, but he was dedicated to remaining a performer and entertainer, voice actor, and even a musician.
An End to a Friendship
Friends come and friends go, and it’s a strange, sad thing when relationships come to an end. On that topic, Feldman’s relationship with old pal Michael Jackson ended in a strange way. September 11, 2001, was a day of tragedy, and it also marked the end of this relationship. You see, after the Twin Towers were struck and chaos ensued, Michael Jackson reached out to a couple of friends in New York to help them get out in case of more attacks.
These friends include Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Liza Minnelli. These friends do NOT include Corey Feldman. Feldman wrote a song about the “incident,” in which Feldman called Jackson “Megalo Man.” At that point, the relationship ended. Jackson would die soon after the song came out.
What’s Next For Corey?
It was clear to everybody in the entertainment industry that Corey Feldman was an icon of a different era. He had been one of the eighties’s biggest child stars, but that time was now ten years removed. In the twenty-first century, Feldman acted in such films as “My Life as a Troll,” “Seance,” (also known as “Killer in the Dark”), “Bikini Bandits,” and the short film “Project Redlight.” Pretty small credits to add to his curriculum vitae.
In 2003 he was in a mockumentary, “Pauly Shore is Dead,” which got middling reviews (better than most of Shore’s other films) and a mere eleven thousand dollars at the box office. That is not a big number.
A Second Marriage
In 2002, Corey Feldman met actress and model Susie Sprague, famous for...not much, actually. They ran into each other in a nightclub and began a relationship. In 2003, Feldman was featured in the first season of the WB reality show “The Surreal Life,” which followed celebrities as they lived out their bizarre lives in a Hollywood Hills mansion. At the end of the season, Sprague and Feldman got married, ministered by pop rapper MC Hammer, who also appeared on the show. Hammer was an ordained minister.
While seemingly just as spur-of-the-moment as Feldman’s first marriage, this one lasted even longer, from 2003 until 2010. The couple had a son named Zen Scott. For the next four years after 2010, there was a legal battle over custody and spousal support that finally came to an end, and an official divorce in 2014.
On Trial
The next big period of Feldman’s life came in 2005 when his ex-friend Michael Jackson was brought up on abuse charges. Corey Feldman was summoned to testify, though he never appeared in court. Feldman had always maintained that Jackson had never acted inappropriately toward him during their time together, but he still had complicated feelings about the matter. Just because Jackson acted properly around him, does that mean Jackson was completely innocent? It was impossible to say.
Feldman would say that he believed Jackson had a habit of forming friendships with vulnerable young people and then would cut them out when he was bored, and that such actions had done real damage to himself and others. The trial forced Feldman to look at his relationship with Jackson and rethink a lot of things.
Doubting Himself
Feldman had a lot to say about the accusations and the trial. He said that he hoped the things people were describing never happened. But either a lot of people were wrong or one person – Jackson – was in the wrong. Feldman said that if Jackson was guilty, he deserved to be punished. No doubt Feldman’s history with abuse made it easy to come to such a conclusion, no matter how difficult it was for him to be public about what he thought.
Feldman maintains that Jackson never touched him, but he admitted there was one event that made him doubt Jackson. Apparently, Jackson had once shown Feldman, at the time thirteen or fourteen, a book that “focused on venereal diseases and the genitalia.” That’s the kind of thing we like to call a red flag.
A Decade After the Death
Michael Jackson died in June of 2009 after complications involving pain medication. Ten years after that, an HBO documentary called “Leaving Neverland” (after the ranch owned by Michael Jackson) was released. Feldman’s reaction to the documentary was mixed. After viewing the film, Feldman repeated his assertion that Jackson had never acted inappropriately with him. A mere two days later, however, Feldman said that he was unable to support and defend Jackson any longer.
He wanted to be an advocate for victims, and he felt that it was impossible for him to do so without considering what was being said about Jackson. However, Feldman still maintains Jackson never acted inappropriately with him, and was simply being parental for a boy that didn’t have a lot of guidance.
The Two Coreys
As you’ve probably seen in this article, the Coreys Feldman and Haim had been good friends since meeting each other on the set of “The Lost Boys.” They appeared in a number of projects together and were even known as The Two Coreys, a name that they would use for a reality show that starred them, which ran in 2007 and 2008 on the A&E Network.
In the show, Corey Haim moved in with Feldman and his wife Sprague. Originally, it was going to be a lighthearted affair that followed the friends and fellow child actors as they went about their lives, working, living, and having fun together. And that’s how it began, anyway. When the second season started airing, viewers found it had a much more serious tone.
The End of Another Friendship
While the first season of “The Two Coreys” was a simple and fun bit of reality television, the second season was quite a bit different. The two men openly discussed the abuse that they had suffered during their lives (Yes, Haim suffered abuse as well) and both of them attempted to confront and put a stop to Haim’s substance addictions in an effort to get his life back on track.
Throughout the second season, tensions increased between the two men in a way the showrunners hadn’t anticipated. Near the end of the show, Haim relapsed, at which point Feldman made the decision to cut ties with him. He told “People” magazine that he cared deeply for Haim, and that he wasn’t going to watch Haim destroy himself.
The End of Another Friend
A lifetime of substance abuse is always going to take its toll. On March 10, 2010, Corey Haim died of pneumonia after becoming addicted to prescription painkillers. He was thirty-eight years old, the same age as Feldman at the time. This marked the third friendship that had come to a final end thanks to addiction in Feldman’s life, which no doubt gave him even more reasons to stay away from substances and alcohol.
Feldman had watched multiple friends ruin their lives, giving him a perfectly good reason to cut ties with Haim. After Haim’s death, Feldman spoke out, saying that there was an epidemic of child abuse in Hollywood. After everything that Feldman and Haim had gone through, as well as all the other child actors and actresses that had come forward, who would have the guts to tell Feldman he was wrong?
Enter Mama Haim
Yes, it was Corey Haim’s mother, Judy Haim, who told Feldman that the things he was saying weren’t true. Kinda sounds like Feldman’s own mother, doesn’t it? Judy Haim said that Feldman was wrong in saying that her son had ever been abused. There were a number of other people who said the same thing, but Haim’s mother was by far the voice closest to Haim.
Judy said that Feldman was just jealous of her son’s success (despite the fact that Haim was only a little more successful than Feldman if he was at all – they were in twelve different projects together). When Feldman heard this, he said that he didn’t have any doubts about what Haim had gone through. Perhaps it takes an abused to know an abused, to twist a common phrase.
Third Time’s the Charm
In 2011, while navigating the messy divorce with Susan Sprague, Feldman met model Courtney Anne Mitchell, who had been photographed in “Playboy.” The two met at a “Midsummer Night’s Dream” party. Not too long after that, she became the DJ and keyboard player for Feldman’s band. After five years of dating, the two got married in Elton John’s Fizz champagne lounge at Caeser’s Palace.
Yes, it was another Las Vegas wedding for Feldman, but this one was a little more lavish and actually had some guests. In addition, the relationship went strong for longer – the two separated in September of 2023. During the marriage, Feldman described Courtney Anne as his number-one partner. He also apparently proposed to her by passing her a note on a piece of paper.
Corey’s Angels
This next bit is a little bizarre. Not just because of what it entails, but because he was married at the time. In 2016, Feldman and his wife announced that they had begun a “360 management development and production entity to help girls who were kind of lost and needed help to find their way.” It doesn’t sound too bad, even if it does have a bit of a Derek Zoolander feeling to it.
What emerged was a weird combination of that and Hugh Hefner’s Playboy bunnies. The girls acted as his backing singers, and lived with him at the “Feldmansion,” as he called it. Sources have also claimed that he required his angels to sign contracts saying they won’t drink alcohol, eat meat, gain weight, and even do strange things like not wearing jeans.
Trying Music Again
Most of Feldman’s music had been released to little fanfare and middle reviews at best, but his 2016 solo album “Angelic 2 the Core” would get a little more press. Not necessarily the good kind, but any press is good press, right? Right. This album had a couple of big names to give it lift, too, like Snoop Dogg, Fred Durst, and Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones. It all started when Feldman performed the single from the album, “Go 4 It!” while live on the “Today Show.”
He was back with a crew of his “angels” in skimpy outfits, and Feldman performed moves that were quite reminiscent of his old friend Michael. He was also dressed in a Grim Reaper outfit. The video of the event went viral, and you know what that means: hate mail.
There Was Quite a Reaction
Yes, people were polarized on the internet after Feldman’s bizarre performance. Was it bad? Or terrible? Feldman and even his wife for some reason got a whole lot of bad press and bad messages on social media, and Feldman responded with a Facebook Live post that claimed he had never seen so much hate from anything he had ever done. He also said that he and his wife both cried over the reaction to the performance.
There was a theory that Feldman had put all the strange pieces together – the band, the angels, the wild performance – as a way to sneakily go viral. If that was the goal, he was successful, but nobody really seemed to like it, and his reaction to THOSE reactions made it seem like a small chance.
Staying Inside
Feldman reported that he and his wife were petrified to even leave the house, the comments could be so bad. It came from a Facebook post that has since been deleted, and he also said that they could barely even get out of bed. The reaction seemed to truly wound Feldman. He pleaded with the people who were blowing up his DMs: saying it was just a song, and that it wasn’t really that weird.
He apologized (though how much he actually meant that apology is up for a lot of debate) and let people know they had gotten the picture. A few of Feldman’s old co-stars, like Sean Astin and Jerry O’Connell, supported Feldman and said that he had given the best show he could, even if it ended up being something that not a lot of people enjoyed.
Friends From Beyond the Grave
So, Corey Haim had died. For most people that means an end to the relationship. If a relationship can’t continue to change and evolve, it’s done. They’re kind of like languages in a way. They have to keep moving, and they have to keep being used. One of the friends being dead makes that impossible. Except that, according to Feldman, Feldman and Haim spoke in 2016. Six years after Haim had died.
How? Why in an episode of “Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry,” that’s how! The host, Henry, apparently made contact with the spirit of Corey Haim, and Feldman teared up upon hearing it. Once again it was Judy Haim who spoke up after the event, saying it was all a sham by Feldman in order to use her dead son’s memory to stay relevant.
The Truth About Corey
In March of 2020, Feldman released a documentary that he produced, entitled “(My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys.” In the documentary, Feldman makes a claim about a secret Hollywood abuser ring that he says ruined his life, the life of Corey Haim, and the lives of many other young members of Hollywood. Not only that, but Feldman also released the names of several of the people that he says were part of this group.
There were smaller names like that of nightclub owner Alphy Hoffman, but there were also some much more famous people – Charlie Sheen is one of them. After the documentary was released, Feldman claimed it was necessary for him to have twenty-four-hour security around him and his family, as he lived in fear for his life.
A Response from Sheen
Of course, Charlie Sheen wasn’t about to let such statements go without a response. He called them sick, twisted, and outlandish allegations and said they never occurred, period. It was a firm denial of everything that Feldman had said, which included the nineteen-year-old Sheen had abused the thirteen-year-old Haim while on the set of the movie “Lucas” in 1986. The documentary that Feldman produced also included additional witnesses stating that Haim told them about his abuse at Sheen’s hands.
Some others heard about it from a secondary source at an even later date. None of them, however, had first-hand accounts of the behavior by Sheen that Haim alleged. That means that nobody ever actually saw Sheen doing the things that Haim said he did, but of course that doesn’t mean they didn’t happen.
The Other Alleged Abusers
There was another name mentioned in the documentary – Alphy Hoffman, a nightclub owner. In response to the claims that Feldman made against him in the film, Hoffman...left a YouTube comment. We know that he probably said a lot more to a lot of other people, but the YouTube comment is a good way to sum up how he felt about the accusations: “I said it’s not me. I’m sick and tired of saying that when no one listens. So g[osh darn it], I’m not repeating it anymore.”
There were two other names that Feldman pointed at: talent manager Marty Weiss and the man Jon Grissom. Weiss left a comment on Twitter with his denial saying that Haim wouldn’t have thrown innocent names around in order to keep the spotlight on him.
The Hackers Have Gained Access
The way Feldman’s documentary was distributed was on an online pay-per-view system that charged twenty dollars per stream. Forty-five minutes into the stream, however, it froze. Not the most uncommon thing to happen to a stream that didn’t have the support of Netflix or Disney Plus, but the error message that appeared was a little different. It said: “Please be patient. The hackers are trying to prevent the stream from airing. The program will begin momentarily. We appreciate your patience and support!”
As you might be asking, yes, this error message was met with a healthy amount of skepticism. “The hackers” in particular stands out to us as a strange way to put it. Reports indicate there was a genuine attempt at disrupting the host server, and eventually the stream resumed to show the documentary in full.
What Feldman Believes
What else is Corey Feldman interested in? According to him, he is an advocate for animal welfare and animal rights – he’s adhered to a vegetarian diet since he was a child. Was this something that his parents had him do? Hard to say. Despite being an advocate for animal welfare, he and his wife appeared in an ad campaign for PETA that promoted vegetarianism. He received the Paws of Fame Award from the Wildlife Waystation for his dedication to animal rights.
He believes in the paranormal, which led to such things as speaking to a medium in order to contact his lost friend Corey Haim. As previously mentioned, he works with a number of abuse survivor groups to help advocate for victims and their rights.
Flipping the Script
After so much time saying that he’s suffered at the hands of abusers, the last thing you’d expect from Feldman is to hear he was doing the abusing, right? Well, in January of 2018, Feldman was under investigation by police on charges of battery. However, he was cleared of those charges the following month. That doesn’t end the story, however. In June of 2020, the SAG-AFTRA Harassment Committee issued a resolution to remove him from the committee following a number of misconduct allegations.
Feldman removed himself that same month before the committee could take action, but what about these allegations? They were all made by former members of Corey’s Angels, who came forward and accused Feldman of abusing, harassing, and taking advantage of them.
Angels Who Turned Against Him
The women who came forward to level allegations against Feldman include but are not limited to: Jacqueline Von Rueden, Poeina Suddarth, Margot Lane, Chantal Knippenburg, Amy Clark, Mara Moon, Jezebel Sweet, and Krystal Khali. They all detailed information relating to Feldman’s conduct with them as well as other members of Corey’s Angels. The resolution that was passed by the committee also stated that there had been complaints to law enforcement, including the Los Angeles Police Department, against Feldman.
As of now, investigations are currently ongoing. To be removed from the SAG-AFTRA Harassment Committee due to allegations of harassment has got to be a pretty tough thing for Feldman to have to stomach. If he didn’t want to have to deal with them, however, he might have wanted to keep to himself.
Still Getting Acting Roles
In the new teens, Feldman’s acting career once again took a step down, a trend that was clear and obvious to anyone who was looking at his career. In the new teens, Feldman was in a total of six projects. These range from a documentary about the “Friday the 13th” series as himself and a narrator. He also showed up in a sequel to “The Lost Boys,” playing the same character. There was another vampire movie called “Corbin Nash,” in which he played the character Queeny.
Other entries include the films “We Will Rock You,” “Six Degrees of Hell,” and “The Zombie King.” As far as the big screen goes, that’s about all that the decade had to offer Feldman. There was also quite a long gap between 2013 and 2018 when he didn’t get any movie roles.
Small Screen Appearances
There’s a good reason for him not getting as many movie roles, at least. When he could find time being married and fighting off reporters who wanted a quote about Michael Jackson, Feldman actually had a pretty busy TV schedule during the new teens. In 2010 he was in a pair of episodes of the show “Warren the Ape,” an MTV reality show parody. In 2011, he was in an episode of both “Psych” and “Proving Ground.”
2012 saw even more work, with Corey showing up in “Dancing on Ice,” “Celebrity Juice,” and “Border Security: Canada’s Front Line.” 2012 was also the year Corey started providing the voice of the villain Slash in the new animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” show. He was in a total of twelve episodes, from 2012 until 2017.
Fewer Roles as the Years Went On
In 2015, Feldman had the role of Torquer in the show “Turbo FAST,” a flash-animated web television series based on the computer-animated film from Dreamworks Animation, “Turbo.” It starts a whole lot of super-fast snails. Despite there being a total of fifty-two episodes comprised of over a hundred segments, Feldman’s character only appears in a single episode. He doesn’t even have an entry on the show’s Wikipedia page.
After that, in 2016, he was in the infamous episode of “Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry,” in which Tyler Henry purportedly talks to Feldman with the spirit of the departed Corey Haim. Since the start of the new twenties, Feldman has been in a mere two roles, both movies: “13 Fanboy,” in which he played Mike Merryman, and “SAVJ,” using his voice to play “Tank Standing Buffalo.”
Fan of Music Videos
Other than his own music, Corey Feldman has actually appeared in a number of music videos for some pretty big songs. The first was with his friend Michael Jackson in the video for “Liberian Girl” in 1989. The next one was after quite a long break, but in 2002 he was in the music video for the Moby song “We Are All Made of Stars.”
After almost ten more years, Katy Perry asked him to show up in the video for her song “Last Friday Night,” in which Feldman played the character Kirk Terry, the father of the video’s main character. The fourth and last was when he was in the video for “City of Angels,” which was a song by Thirty Seconds to Mars.
What Is the Real Truth?
Corey Feldman’s life has been one of incredible ups and downs. He was one of the most famous names in Hollywood during the eighties, but he was never able to recapture that kind of attention again. And his celebrity came at a cost if his allegations are to be believed. The jury is still out as to whether or not he actually suffered at the hands of abusers, but there seems to be little doubt that some terrible things have happened to him.
We can’t say what the future will reveal, but it’s clear that Feldman will continue to speak his truth, even if there are plenty of people who, for good reasons or not, will want to silence him. Who knows what is next for this figure? Only Corey knows.