Drugs have been dropped from the story line of Corey Feldman's next movie, "Scout's Honor." But the film's director said the change had nothing to o with the teenage actor's legal problems.
Feldman was in court Tuesday for a hearing on whether he should face trial on two drug possession charges carrying up to four years in prison each.Feldman, 18, was stopped for speeding March 9, and police said a search of his rented car turned up 25 balloons containing heroin or cocaine. The actor has since admitted having a drug problem and enrolled in a rehabilitation program.
In his next movie, a group of Scouts will find a cache of guns, rather than drugs, in the wild and turn it over to police, said writer-director David O'Malley.
O'Malley said the plot was changed because drugs are a worn-out story device. But he conceded that Feldman, as an anti-drug hero, might cause
audiences to laugh.