A few day ago , Twitter drug user Eyes on Cinema posted a 39 - arcsecond clip of football game - star - turned - The Goonies - actor John Matuszak’smakeup testfor Sloth .
The clip is dated January 31 , 1984 ; the film was released on June 7 , 1985 . The volume - less , behind - the - tantrum footage shows war paint artists practice finishing touch to Matuszak ’s latex mask and non - symmetrical eye , and him wink his prosthetic eye . Basically , Matuszak spend the entire movie only able to use one eye . He did n’t seem to bear in mind , though ; after the makeup software , he cracked a smile through his false jagged dentition .
The Baby Ruth - make love Sloth — who expect nothing like Matuszak — became one of the eighties ' most beloved character reference . InThe Goonies , Sloth save Sean Astin and his pals from The Fratellis , a felonious mob led by Sloth ’s mamma and his two bickering brothers .
In a better clip , from 2010’sThe Goonies — Making of a Cult Classic , Richard Donner explain the process . He tell it claim five hours for the makeup to be applied every day , and relate to the 6’7 ” and 300 - pound defensive final stage as “ a sweet , gentle lion . ” Donner called the constitution mental process “ over-the-top . ”
“ When we did the sequence in the weewee , when they first see the ship , I aver to the kids , ‘ Whatever you do , do n’t get John ’s war paint wet . Because if you do , it ’s going to get ruined , ’ ” Donner said . Well , the kidsdidget John ’s makeup soused , but John was n’t mad at all .
Sloth was an intimidating fictional character , so Donner postulate the question : How do you make this grotesque figure real ? “ Well , he had to believe it , and everybody around had to think it , ” Donner order . “ And I totally believe Mama give birth to him . And I totally trust that Chunk fell in passion with him . ”
Sadly , Matuszak died on June , 17 , 1989 , just four years after the release ofThe Goonies , from anaccidental overdosefrom the now - banned opioid Darvocet and a contributing element of an magnified heart . He was just 38 years old . But Matuszak ’s natural endowment to protrude culture will live on on forever .
