What actor almost beat Kiefer Sutherland for the role of David in The Lost Boys?
If you're looking for someone to thank for all the cool vampire media we have today, you could do much worse than Joel Schumacher.
Schumacher ushered in a new style of depicting vampires with 1987's The Lost Boys, a cult classic that every person should be legally required to watch when they turn 14. Of course, you could also make the argument that Twilight was a result of the teen-vampire sensation sparked, at least in part, by this movie — but we'll set that aside for now.
If this actor had gotten the role of David instead of Kiefer Sutherland, this would have been a potentially very different movie. Who was also considered for the part?
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The answer is: Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey was initially considered for the role of David, but it ultimately went to Kiefer Sutherland instead. Carrey had plenty of qualifying experience — he had previously portrayed a blood-sucking vampire in Once Bitten two years prior. It’s a good thing it didn’t work out for Carrey, since Kiefer was perfect and a zanier performance may have made this vampire movie suck. Source
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