A former friend from Mobile, Alex Herman, was a player/manager for the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League. He discovered Paige and wanted to sign him to a $50 per month contract. Lula Paige didnât want any part of it until Herman promised to send her a stipend extracted from Satchelâs salary.
Some members of The Goonies cast turned out to be big names in Hollywood. Sean Astin appeared as Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Josh Brolin will continue to appear as the maniacal villain Thanos in future Marvel Avengers films.
Sean Astin played Mikey in the 1985 film, The Goonies. Jeff Cohen, Chunk. Cohen, who played Chunk, only acted for a few years after Goonies, and was featured in a few episodes of Family Ties from 1984 to 1987. His last listed acting gig was in 1991 for Perfect Harmony, a TV movie.