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Clint tales to the “No County for Old Men” star
Just got off the phone with the terrific Josh Brolin – man, what a year this guy has had! “Grindhouse”, “American Gangster”, “No Country for Old Men”, “In the Valley of Elah” and now “Milk” – and we got onto the always popular topic of this “Goonies” sequel that will probably never happen.
Brolin, though obviously a big fan of the film, doesn’t think there’s a need for a sequel. And after you hear his reasons why… you might just agree.
‘’Why do people want there to be a Goonies sequel?”, asks Brolin. “There’s two ways it could go – to me, it’d be interesting to see a sequel because it’s been so long, 23 years or something. So now, you’d have me, a 40-year-old guy whose probably drinking now, chain-smoking… I don’t fuckin’ know (Laughs). But to me, the whole idea of going from “I love The Goonies, which is a classic” to “I love The Goonies, what a classic, but did you see the new one?” ….You know what I mean?”
I then informed Brolin of “The Lost Boys” sequel that’s headed our way.
“Are they doing that?!…. With Corey Feldman?…Corey’s the only bleed over?…There ya go. That’s a bummer.”
Next, Brolin stars in “Milk” with Sean Penn.
‘’Yeah. I’m really happy about that. I’ve had a lot of scripts come across that are edible, and I’ve been reading them all, and I read Milk and I think Sean [Penn], who I’ve known for a while, kinda lobbied for me to do it. I think Matt Damon was supposed to do it, but he left. I read it and I just loved it man. There was no question.
A lot of the scripts you read you’re asking yourself ‘is this really going to come together?’, ‘will they change some of the dialogue?’… this script is just perfect. It’s an amazing story that should be told. It’s Sean, it’s Gus Van Sant, and it’s Emile Hirsch – who I love – so it’s all good. But I’m basically doing it for free – these great roles, I don’t get paid shit. I don’t know why”.
Our full interview with Brolin will be up next. What a great guy he is, real interesting to talk to, make sure you check it out.
