Cory Feldmen considered suicide at 11
Cory Feldmen was so unhappy as a child he stole a gun from his granddad and considered killing himself at the age of 11.
The actor was thrust into the spotlight aged three when he appeared in a McDonald's advert and endured a troubled upbringing as a child star.
He insists that fame ruined his childhood.
He has revealed that he contemplated suicide shortly before he made a name for himself in the Goonies, Gremlins and The Lost Boys.
Feldman tells OK!: "I would pray to God every day that he would kill me. I stole the gun from my grandfather's bureau and hid it under the bed and asked every day for the strength to pull the trigger...
"From the moment that I can remember, three years old, I was locked in a room, basically, and made to learn songs to sing in auditions. I had a terrible childhood. I can only compare it to someone born in Ethiopia, or Iraq, or who is born into slavery, or gang life. Well I haven't lived through that, but the next step down."