Editing Corey Haim (section)

===Early acting career===
After accompanying his sister Cari to auditions, Haim was noticed and was offered roles as a child actor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corey Haim obituary|first=Ryan|last=Gilbey|date=March 11, 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/mar/11/corey-haim-obituary|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 22, 2010|location=London}}</ref> He began performing in commercials in 1981. Later, he played the role of Larry in the Canadian children's educational comedy television series ''[[The Edison Twins]]''.<ref name="independent"/> Haim made his [[feature film]] debut in the 1984 thriller ''[[Firstborn (1984 film)|Firstborn]]'' as a boy whose family comes under threat from his mother's violent boyfriend, played by [[Peter Weller]].<ref name=independent/><ref name=wigler/> Haim's first day of shooting was with Weller, and he attempted to compliment the older actor on his performance. Weller collared Haim, threw him up against a wall, and demanded Haim never speak to him after a take. It took three assistants to separate them.<ref name=regina/> Haim later admitted that he was terrified by the experience.<ref name="regina"/> Weller apologized to Haim, saying method acting caused his actions.<ref name=rottenberg>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/03/19/corey-haim-lost-boy/|title=Corey Haim: Why the death of the former child star is a sad cautionary tale|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Josh|last=Rottenberg|date=March 19, 2010|access-date=April 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name=pizza/> 

In 1985, Haim appeared in supporting roles in ''[[Secret Admirer (film)|Secret Admirer]]'' and ''[[Murphy's Romance]]'', the latter with [[Sally Field]], of whom he was reportedly in awe.<ref name="ocala">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3dUTAAAAIBAJ&pg=5184,821056&dq=corey+haim&hl=en|title=Actor Corey Haim is no Lost Boy|work=Ocala Star-Banner|first=Frank|last=Sanello|date=October 3, 1987|access-date=June 8, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Also that year, he had the leading role in ''[[Silver Bullet (film)|Silver Bullet]]'', [[Stephen King]]'s feature adaptation of his own [[lycanthropic]] novella. Haim played a [[paraplegic]] 10-year-old boy who warns his uncle (played by [[Gary Busey]]) that their town is being terrorized by a [[werewolf]].<ref name="pizza"/><ref name="silver">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/11/movies/screen-silver-bullet.html|title=Screen: Silver Bullet|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Vincent|last=Canby|date=October 11, 1985|access-date=April 16, 2010}}</ref> Haim began to gain industry recognition, earning his first [[Young Artist Award]] for the NBC movie ''[[A Time to Live]],''<ref name=ocala/> in which he played [[Liza Minnelli]]'s character's dying son.<ref name=independent/> At the time, Haim's father was acting as his manager. He turned down a role for Haim in ''[[The Mosquito Coast (film)|The Mosquito Coast]]'', which was later taken by [[River Phoenix]]. Producer [[Stanley Jaffe]] approached the father to remark on Haim's gifts, and recommended that he get an agent in Los Angeles.<ref name="ref1985"/>