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Josh Brolin Recalls Why Steven Spielberg Told Him “Just Act” On ‘Goonies’ Set: “He Was Right”


Nearly 40 years after his breakout role in 'The Goonies', Josh Brolin still remembers the simple advice Steven Spielberg gave him on set.

Recounting the 1985 film as “probably the greatest experience of my life,” the Oscar nominee revealed what the producer told him on the set of the Richard Donner-helmed adventure comedy. Spielberg had a more straightforward approach to the script, which he developed with writer Chris Columbus. Kerri Green, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Ke Huy Quan, Jeff Cohen and Martha Plimpton in The Goonies(1985).

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