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In the 1980s, writer James Jeremias read Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire, featuring a 200 year old in the body of a 12 year old girl. A fan of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, Jeremias thought ‘what if the reason Peter could fly and came out at night was that he’s a vampire?’ 2/36

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Jeremias and his writing partner, Janice Fischer, fleshed the idea out into a screenplay they called The Lost Boys (another Peter Pan reference). Warner Bros were interested and the first-time writers sold their script for $400,000. 3/36

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Like Barrie’s Lost Boys, the ones in Jeremias and Fischer’s script were about 12 years old and had names like Peter, Michael, John, and Wendy. As such, Richard Donner – who had just had a smash hit in The Goonies – was brought in to direct. 4/36

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Donner left to make Lethal Weapon and music video director Mary Lambert was brought in, but left quickly due to creative differences. Joel Schumacher was approached and later said he accepted because “Vampires are hot - the only erotic monsters. Frankenstein is not hot." 5/36

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However, Schumacher was not a fan of the script. He said he would direct the film on condition that Jeffrey Boam was brought in to rewrite the screenplay under his supervision. WB agreed, and Boam renamed the characters and aged them to be around 17 years old. 6/36

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In casting the lead of Michael, Schumacher offered the part to Jason Patric. Patric wasn’t interested in a vampire film and said no. Schumacher said he met with Patric almost every day for 6 weeks and promised lots of creative freedom before he accepted. 7/36

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The antagonist was vampire David. Some future stars auditioned. Jim Carrey was one, and later Ben Stiller said at the Hollywood Life Young Hollywood Awards “Last time I saw a room of so many talented faces was when I auditioned The Lost Boys… It was between me and Kiefer.” 8/36

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‘Kiefer’ was Kiefer Sutherland. He was initially reluctant but auditioned when he heard INXS were on the soundtrack. He won the part, and Schumacher said “He’s a born character actor…He has the least amount of dialogue in the movie, but his presence is extraordinary.” 9/36

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Sutherland does have the least dialogue of all the major characters. He was only 17 at the time but had told the producers he was a year older. All through production he was worried about being found out. 10/36

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Corey Haim is Michael’s younger brother, Sam. He reportedly played music on set between takes and bonded with the other acting Corey – Feldman. They went on to appear in 9 movies together and had their own TV show, The Two Coreys. 11/36