{"id":128654,"date":"2025-09-03T02:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/128654\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T02:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:30:07","slug":"martha-plimpton-has-only-watched-the-goonies-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/128654\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha Plimpton has only watched &#8216;The Goonies&#8217; once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This \u201cGoonies\u201d star has no interest in revisiting the beloved movie 40 years later.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/martha-plimpton-insists-she-never-watches-the-goonies-11801791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">interview with People<\/a> published Tuesday, Sept. 2, Martha Plimpton revealed why she has only rewatched the classic adventure film \u201conce\u201d since its premiere back in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Plimpton at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, England, on May 19, 2025.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan, Martha Plimpton, Kerri Green and Josh Brolin in \u201cThe Goonies.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNope. I don\u2019t watch it,\u201d Plimpton, 54, told the outlet. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it once, and that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you,\u201d she added with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is one project that Plimpton doesn\u2019t mind returning to all these years later.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Plimpton as Stef in \u201cThe Goonies.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/courtesy Everett Co<\/p>\n<p>Martha Plimpton at the City Winery in New York City on October 19, 2009. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few months ago I was curious to watch \u2018Parenthood,\u2019 and I did,\u201d the actress said of the 1989 dramedy that she starred in with Steve Martin, Joaquin Phoenix, Keanu Reeves and Dianne Wiest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a really lovely movie,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>But despite her refusal to rewatch \u201cThe Goonies,\u201d Plimpton was happy to reunite with her former co-stars at Awesome Con in Washington, DC, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Kerri Green, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Ke Huy Quan, Jeff Cohen and Martha Plimpton in \u201cThe Goonies.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Kerri Green, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Ke Huy Quan, Jeff Cohen and Martha Plimpton in \u201cThe Goonies.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRaising Hope\u201d actress <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/07\/entertainment\/goonies-cast-slams-rumor-about-cult-classic-at-reunion-offended\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attended the annual pop culture convention<\/a> back in April, and she was joined by fellow Goonies (Mikey), Corey Feldman (Mouth),\u00a0Kerri Green (Andy), Robert Davi (Jake) and\u00a0Joe Pantoliano\u00a0(Francis Fratelli).<\/p>\n<p>Josh Brolin (Brandon), <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/04\/entertainment\/goonies-cast-reunites-at-ke-huy-quans-hand-and-footprint-ceremony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ke Huy Quan<\/a> (Data) and Jeff Cohen (Chunk) did not make the event.<\/p>\n<p>During the panel, Plimpton and the rest of the original cast confirmed their interest in returning for the \u201cGoonies\u201d sequel, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/09\/entertainment\/the-goonies-sequel-in-the-works-with-original-cast-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">currently \u201cmoving in the right direction\u201d<\/a> with Steven Spielberg and original writer Chris Columbus attached, according <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/goonies-sequel-moving-right-direction-writer-gives-update-1236501533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Plimpton at the New York City premiere of \u201cThe Regime\u201d held at the Museum of Natural History on February 26, 2024. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Martha Plimpton at the National Theatre in London, England, on May 8, 2025.  Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [fans are] going to see\u00a0\u2018The Goonies\u00a02,\u2019\u00a0whether we\u2019re in it or not,\u201d Plimpton, who portrayed Stef in the original, said during Awesome Con. \u201cI think that\u2019s pretty obvious. At least, I hope [they] will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feldman, meanwhile, agreed and said that he was excited for a potential \u201cGoonies\u201d sequel four decades after the original\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love that\u00a0Steven Spielberg\u00a0is engaged and back in the\u00a0\u2018Goonies\u2019\u00a0mindset, so that\u2019s exciting for all of us, and whatever happens, we hope that it\u2019s worth it,\u201d the \u201cStand By Me\u201d star, 54, said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Astin, Kerri Green, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Josh Brolin and Ke Huy Quan in \u201cThe Goonies.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>But Plimpton and Feldman\u2019s remarks came as a surprise, because both stars had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/13\/entertainment\/martha-plimpton-reacts-to-the-goonies-sequel-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">dispelled talk about a rumored \u201cGoonies\u201d sequel<\/a> just a few months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople, there is no Goonies2 script, there is no one \u2018attached,\u2019 Spielberg is not directing, it\u2019s not real,\u201d the \u201cTask\u201d actress wrote on Instagram in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2\u2019SDAY, IS #GOONIES2 REAL?! EVERY1 IS ASKING\u2026 I CAN OFFICIALLY TELL U 100% NO! I HAV NO INFO THAT A SEQUEL IS IN THE WORKX,\u201d Feldman added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Goonies\u201d was directed by Richard Donner,\u00a0who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/05\/richard-donner-superman-the-goonies-director-dead-at-91\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed away in 2021<\/a> at age 91.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Plimpton on the SAG-AFTRA picket line in Los Angeles, California, on November 1, 2023. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Spielberg created the story for the classic family flick, which follows a group of neighborhood kids living in Astoria, Oregon, who head out on a dangerous adventure to save their neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>The film garnered an impressive $125 million at the worldwide box office, and it has since become a cult classic over the course of the last 40 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This \u201cGoonies\u201d star has no interest in revisiting the beloved movie 40 years later. 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