Corey Feldman & Corey Haim’s Friendship: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Corey Feldman and Corey Haim were child actors who met on the set of The Lost Boys in 1987, when they were 14 years old.
Feldman and Haim had an instant on-screen connection that grew into a close, offscreen friendship as the two actors shared in a simultaneous rise to stardom. Their friendship survived extraordinary success and failures as well. The actors, known as The Two Coreys, developed a bond that withstood the abuse Feldman claims they suffered as children and the impact experiences in Hollywood had on their adult lives.
Here’s everything we know about Corey Feldman and Corey Haim’s friendship:
1. Corey Feldman & Corey Haim Had Big Breaks in Hollywood at the Same Time
Feldman and Haim had somewhat parallel ascents to fame. Feldman, while he began his acting career at the age of three, got his first major role as Tommy Jarvis, the lead in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984. Haim had his first big break the same year, playing a child in the thriller, Firstborn. Both actors were beginning to make names for themselves in the horror genre.
Haim, born in Toronto, Canada, began his acting career working in Canadian TV and film productions. Following the critical acclaim of his leading role in the 1986 production of Lucas, he moved to Los Angeles. In 1987, he began work on a TV series entitled Roomies and also secured his first major Hollywood role playing Sam Emerson in Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys.
2. The Two Met on the Set of “The Lost Boys”
Haim met Feldman on the set of The Lost Boys and the two 14-year-old boys became fast friends. At the height of their fame, they appeared together in leading roles including License to Drive (1988) and Dream A Little Dream (1989). They earned the joint nickname “The Two Coreys” due to the fact that they spent so much time together on- and off-screen, reported Rolling Stone.
Feldman and Haim worked with actor Jon Grissom on License to Drive and Dream A Little Dream. Grissom’s acting career consists only of these two credits, playing bit roles in each film.
3. Haim and Feldman Frequented Alphy’s Soda Pop Club
Newsweek reported that, as the Haim and Feldman were not of legal age to drink or go to nightclubs with their older co-stars, Haim and Feldman would typically end up spending their free time together while they weren’t working. They frequented Alphy’s Soda Pop Club, along with actor Jon Grissom, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, which was owned by Alphy Hoffman, the son of Bobby Hoffman, an influential casting director.
Feldman alleged that he first met Alphy Hoffman, the owner of the popular underage club, when he was 12 years old. The club owner came to Feldman’s house to pick him up and take him to a party at the venue. Attending these parties with Hoffman became a regular part of Feldman’s social life as a teenager. Feldman claimed that these parties were minimally supervised by parents or guardians of the club’s underaged guests, however, Feldman claims that a group of adult men would frequent the underage club to party with the child actors.
Feldman claimed, “There [were] a bunch of these guys, they were all hanging out together at these parties … One night … I passed out while I was watching [a] movie, and when I woke up, there was a porn on … I remember I could barely walk. I don’t know what I was given at that time, but I know that I was really out of it.”
ShowBiz Cheetsheet reported that Feldman was 14 years old at the time of Hoffman’s alleged abuse.
