Here’s What The Cast Of The Lost Boys Look Like

By Ange Arnal 2 years ago

1. Michael Emerson - Jason Patric (Then)

After playing the lead role of Michael in The Lost Boys, Jason Patric has gone on to keep acting and has cropped up in many a film in the years since. We've seen Patric starring in the likes of Speed 2: Cruise Control
;
My Sister's Keeper
;
Wayward Pines
; and
Gangster Land
.

Jason Patric - Michael Emerson (Now)

He also appeared on Broadway, playing the character of "Brick" in a revival of Tennessee Williams' 
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
 opposite Ashley Judd and Ned Beatty. He also acted alongside Brian Cox, Chris Noth and Kiefer Sutherland in the play 
That Championship Season
which went on to win a Pultizer Prize and the Tony Award.
In 2012, Patric began filming the Civil War film 
Copperhead 
but was removed several weeks into the shoot for failing to take direction. Ooopsy. He was replaced by Billy Campbell.
You may not know this, but Patric began dating actress Julia Roberts days after she cancelled her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland in 1991. Can you believe it?
That's right, Patric dated the ex of his Lost Boys co-star. Awkward.

2. Sam Emerson - Corey Haim (Then)

Sam was Michael's little brother and was well-payed by Corey Haim. Alongside his co-star, Corey Feldman, the pair were known collectively as 'The Two Coreys'. The duo became icons of the 1980s and appeared together in seven movies, later going on to star in the A&E American reality show 
The Two Coreys
. Naturally.

Corey Haim - Sam Emerson (Later in life)

His early success led to money and fame and he had a real difficulty in breaking away from his experience as a teen actor. Haim was at first not particularly interested in acting. He played competitive ice hockey, learned to perform music on his keyboard and collected comic books. His skills on the ice led to his being scouted for the AA Thunderbirds hockey team.
Haim was troubled by drug addiction throughout his later career. He became addicted to painkillers while on the set of
Without Malice
, which, at the time, he hoped would be his big comeback. He went to rehab a total of 15 times throughout his adult life, and died of pneumonia on the 10th March 2010.

3. Max Lawrence - Edward Herrmann (Then)

Max was the owner of the local video store as well as being head vampire. Obviously. He was trying to get in on the Lost Boys by getting close to Michael and Sam's mum, Lucy. What a scheming jerk! He seemed like an all-round nice guy but was genuinely evil and overall not very pleasant at all. Typical Hollywood, amma right?

Edward Herrmann - Max Lawrence (Later in life)

Outside of The Lost Boys, Herrmann was best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, as Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and a host of many other characters. He also had a well-known love for cars and hosted the television show Automobiles on The History Channel. He himself owned and restored several classic cars.
Unfortunately Herrmann died in 2014 as a result of brain cancer.

4. David - Kiefer Sutherland (Then)

The lead of the group of teen vampires, under cover as a young group of bikers, David was a chilling character who was played to perfection by the ever-versatile actor, Kiefer Sutherland. David appeared to be in a relationship with Star; the girl that Michael is infatuated with. (We all appreciate a movie love triangle).

Kiefer Sutherland - David (Now)

Sutherland has gone on to have a crazy career; he has been seen pretty constantly on our screens over the years. Nowadays, he is very recognisable as Jack Bauer from the TV show: 24.
Due to his extensive film and television work, Sutherland has been inducted into both Hollywood and Canada's Walks of Fame, as well as having received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival. He is a ledge, to be fair.
Sutherland was the boyfriend of Julia Roberts and was about to marry her, until she cancelled the wedding back in 1991. And started dating his The Lost Boys co-star instead...

5. Edgar Frog - Corey Feldman (Then)

Corey played one half of the Frog brothers, a local pair of siblings who were ready to save the day! They knew everything you could want to know about identifying and dispatching vampires. They give Sam and Michael some horror-themed comic books to inform them about the 'illness' that has taken over the town.

Corey Feldman - Edgar Frog (Now)

Feldman was one of the hottest Hollywood properties at the time, but has seen a string of personal demons hamper his career, never seeming to hit the limelight in the way people thought he would.
Although, he does turn up from time to time and has played the voice of Slash in the re-booted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series.
After the Harvey Weinstein allegations came to light, Corey started to talk about child sex abuse which he considers to be one of the biggest secrets in the world of Hollywood.

6. Star - Jami Gertz (Then)

Star was the beautiful female in the group of vampires and the real reason that Michael was tempted in to their group. Jami Gertz was stunningly cast as the beautiful young woman. However, the director envisioned the character of Star as being a waif-ish blonde, similar to Meg Ryan. He was convinced by Jason Patric to consider Jami Gertz, who had just worked with him in Solarbabies. Shumacher was impressed but it was only at Patric's insistence that he finally cast Gert.

Jami Gertz - Star (Now)

She has also gone on to keep acting, appearing in the hit movie "Twister" alongside Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton and more recently This is Us and Difficult People on TV.
Back in 2011, the Giving Back Fund named Gertz and her husband the number-one donor to charity of any celebrity during 2010.

7. Lucy - Dianne Wiest (Then)

The mother of Michael and Sam was played incredibly well by the talented Dianne Wiest who managed to play the role with a real dead-pan, no-nonsense tone, just as it needed!

Dianne Wiest - Lucy (Now)

Wiest has become a real Hollywood stalwart and has appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the years, including Footloose, Bright Lights, Big City and The Birdcage. Wiest also starred in the HBO drama series In Treatment and currently stars in the CBS comedy Life in Pieces. For her work in television, Wiest has received two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Fact - Lucy was supposedly named after the character Lucy Westernra in the classic novel, Dracula, cited as the original vampire that started it all!

8. Grandpa - Barnard Hughes (Then)

Barnard played the Grandpa of Michael and Sam, who seems totally oblivious to everything going on around him. But it turned out he knew exactly what was happening and ended up saving the day! Quote:
"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires."

Barnard Hughes - Grandpa (Later in life)

Love how he didn't think to mention that when they first thought about moving or at any other point in the film!
Barnard Hughes carried on acting until 2000, and then sadly passed away in 2006. This was 5 days before his 91st Birthday. *pass the tissues*

9. Alan Frog - Jamison Newlander (Then)

The other half of the Frog brothers, Alan and his brother were inseparable and incredibly useful to have around if vampires were involved. They were self-proclaimed vampire hunters after all!

Jamison Newlander - Alan Frog (Now)

Jamison Newlander has continued to act and has recently appeared in Bone Tomahawk and Love's Last Resort.
He was also reprised his role of Alan in the sequels to The Lost Boys - Lost Boys: The Tribe and Lost Boys: The Thirst - however, his scenes were deleted in The Tribe and could only be seen in the movie's extra scenes. #awkward
Jamison did start a podcast called, "The Jamison Newlander and Some Other Guy Show" but it is currently on "hiatus". Wonder what happened?

10. Brooke McCarter - Paul (Then)

Playing one of David's minions, Paul was one of the vampire teens that was taunting Michael and trying to tempt him to join them.
Brooke first started out as a model, signing up to the Ford modelling agency.

Brooke McCarter - Paul (Later in life)

He made his acting debut in the 1986 film Thrashin'. During the filming of Lost Boys he became close friends with Corey Haim and went on to be his manager through the 1990s.
Brooke also did a bit of directing and composing, doing both for the film Leaves of Green in 2002.
Sadly McCarter died on December 22nd 2015 from a genetic liver disorder.

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