Filming Corey Feldman & "Corey's Angels": The Weird World Behind the Curtain
The Michael Shermer Show
Michael Shermer
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Documentary filmmaker Marcie Hume (BBC alum; Magicians: Life in the Impossible) joins Michael Shermer to talk about her new verité film Corey Feldman vs. the World—shot over a decade, starting in the "Corey's Angels" era and following a tour that unravels in real time.
It goes to some uncomfortable places: how celebrity can create cult-ish dynamics (not just with fans, but with the people working around them as well), how "truth" becomes a slogan—used to frame criticism as persecution and to keep tight control of the story, and how living on camera can turn real life into performance where every moment becomes part of the persona.
Then the story folds back on itself—the release of Marcie's film becomes its own drama, with last-minute legal threats and a cease-and-desist landing right before the premiere.
Marcie Hume is a documentary filmmaker, television executive, and immersive experience creator focused on how people manufacture meaning under pressure, while the story is still being written. A BBC alumna, she has originated and executive produced unscripted series for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, National Geographic, and A&E. Her feature documentaries Hood to Coast, Magicians: Life in the Impossible, and Corey Feldman vs. the World trace endurance, obsession, and the narratives people construct to live with extraordinary choices. Corey Feldman vs. the World is currently available to rent or buy on YouTube, Google, or Apple, even though Corey is still trying to have it removed.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm watching this going, okay, here's a bunch of attractive, scantily clad, gorgeous women in their 20s, and this guy in his late 40s, come on. This just looks so cultish. And it even kind of had a cultish feel when they're, you know, living in this motorhome. There's that scene you filmed where they're like, you know, Corey, can we go check into a hotel so we can get showers? No, your contract does not |
| 0:21.7 | call for that. Did he see a screening of it? Yes, we screened it just for him. Oh, I see. And he was unhappy. Yes. Well, he could only be happy about how it made him look because that's the way he was. He can't possibly accuse you of editing it in a way that, you know, made him look worse than he actually is. No. Well, that's what's |
| 0:38.1 | incredible is that people do and the allegation that he makes against Corey Haim in the film. And he |
| 0:44.8 | did make that claim that somehow the footage was out of context and that his words were twisted |
| 0:51.7 | and that it was done in a dishonest way, which is extraordinary, |
| 0:56.7 | because it's very clearly just him speaking about, you know, just him speaking about that time. |
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| 1:35.7 | All right. |
| 1:36.3 | My guest today is Marcy Hume. |
| 1:38.5 | She's a documentary filmmaker, television executive, and immersive experience creator, |
| 1:46.5 | focused on how people manufacture meeting under pressure while the story is still being written. |
| 1:50.4 | Hey, maybe we should discuss these videos from Minneapolis. |
| 1:53.6 | Talk about drama under high pressure with multiple video angles and different people seeing |
| 1:59.7 | different things. |
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