He took the role after being offered “so much money” but was cut from the film.

Corey Feldman says he got ‘punked’ by famous director who promised him ‘brilliant role’ that turned out to be ‘humiliating’

He took the role after being offered "so much money" but was cut from the film.

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Corey Feldman poses for a portrait during the 26th Annual Family Film And TV Awards in Los Angeles, California. Credit:

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Corey Feldman thought he was going to join horror royalty when Wes Craven called him up for a role in 2005's *Cursed.*

Unfortunately, the former child star later realized he was being "punked." Speaking to fellow Craven dissee Tori Spelling, who was once the butt of a joke in *Scream, *Feldman revealed that the late legendary horror director approached his management and claimed to have a "brilliant" role for him.

"He's like, 'I'm a huge fan of your work. I want to give you a role that you can really sink your teeth into. You've been far, you know, kind of ignored and underused in this business, and I really want people to recognize you for the talent that you are,'" Feldman said on the *misSPELLING* podcast. "And he like gave me this whole spiel and I was like, 'Okay, yeah, let's do it.'"

Wes Craven attends the premiere of "To The Wonder" at Pacific Design Center on April 9, 2013.

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But when the *Stand By Me* star got the script for *Cursed*, he found that he had been duped. He wasn't so much offered a role as he was given an insulting cameo as himself.

"It's one line, playing myself, in this scene with Shannon Elizabeth where she's like, 'Oh my god, isn't that Corey Feldman? I forgot him,' or something like that, some like really nasty line," Feldman said. "And I'm just like, are you serious? This is what you want me to do?"

While the *Goonies* actor was hesitant to take the "humiliating" job, he said Craven and company kept offering him more money. After rejecting the role four times, Feldman said they offered "so much money that I couldn't refuse."

Jesse Eisenberg plays a teen werewolf in 'Cursed' (2005).

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*Cursed *faced a number of production issues, with Craven telling * *in 2007 that it "was really not very pleasant" to work on. One man's curse is another man's blessing in Feldman's case, as his cameo was cut from the final edit.

"I was very grateful for my part getting cut because it was like, yes, I got the pay day, didn't get the humiliation," he said.

Check out the full episode of *misSPELLING* with Corey Feldman below.

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