I suppose one of the better parts of everyone being in quarantine is that celebrities aren’t too busy to say no to doing interviews, and more importantly having reunions online, since no one has to leave the house. We’ve seen some cool things come out of this already, like Pierce Brosnan doing an online live commentary for GOLDENEYE from his home in Hawaii, the Saturday Night Live cast doing shows from their houses, and even the nightly talk show hosts doing live shows from their own homes. But Josh Gad, who already famously got some of the biggest names in Hollywood to troll Daisy Ridley about STAR WARS secrets for online entertainment, has perhaps trumped them all this week. Gad premiered a new online show of sorts called “Reunited Apart”, and his big premiere episode brought back together the entire principal cast of THE GOONIES – Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan (aka Jonathan Ke Quan), Kerri Green, Robert Davi, and Joe Pantoliano. But that’s not all! He also got director Richard Donner (who is 90!), writer Chris Columbus, and producer Steven Spielberg to join in on the fun, and even brought in Cyndi Lauper… that’s pretty impressive by ANY standard.
I’ve hosted a Q&A a few years back with Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, and Jonathan Ke Quan, and I thought I was doing pretty good with that… guess Gad has now seriously got me beat. Josh also doesn’t miss this golden opportunity to ask ALL of these players if we’ll ever get a sequel, but you might not like the answer. Check out the almost half-hour chat session below.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
