Holy Rufio! These Pics Of The 'Hook' Lost Boys Cast Make Us Feel Really Old

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Holy Rufio! These Pics Of The 'Hook' Lost Boys Cast Make Us Feel Really Old YouTube
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Growing up, Hook was one of my favorite movies. I watched it easily eight hundred times.

To me, it was the perfect story, a Peter Pan whose fear of death essentially made him mortal is forced to return to his Neverland and fight for the children he lost and the child he once was.

It's hard to believe that it has been 25 years since the movie first hit theaters.

It's harder still to reconcile the fact that the gifted comic and actor who was so perfectly cast as Pan himself, Robin Williams, is no longer with us.

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His family and fans aren't the only ones who mourn his loss, his Lost Boys miss him too, though, they aren't exactly boys anymore. 

Actor Dante Basco, who played the rebellious lost boys leader Rufio in the film, recently shared a series of photos taken to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the movie, and in honor of the late great Williams himself. 

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The photos were touching enough to make my tear up at my desk (and by desk I mean the reclining leather arm chair where I do most of my work) and the other half just made me feel roughly 100 years old.

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It's nostalgia at its most bitter sweet and it has to be seen to be believed.

Here's the cast now in costume pictured alongside themselves in the movie 25 years ago. 

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Dante Basco (@dantebasco) on Aug 9, 2016 at 9:00am PDT

I, like Dante Basco himself, cannot believe that they talked this grown-ass man back into wearing a midriff baring top ... and that he STILL LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME. Dante, what witch did you sell your soul to, and is she still buying?

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A post shared by Tired Thrifter (@p.0ssum) on Jul 18, 2017 at 10:20am PDT

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by (@phillyasianfilmfest) on Sep 1, 2016 at 9:02am PDT

Raushaun Hammond played Thud Butts, the touching lost boy whose happy thought being of his mother. I literally cannot keep typing about this beautiful soul or I WILL DEVOLVE INTO A BUCKET OF TEARS YOU GUYS. He's still got that wonderful sparkle in his eyes.

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James Madio played Don't Ask, the most well-dressed of the lost boys, who was ahead of his time with his feather hair piece. Fun fact, as a youth I absolutely thought his character was named Donuts. 

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If you told me back in the day that as an adult woman I would "swipe right" as it were on the actor who played Pockets, I would  have laughed at you. But here we are. OH THERE YOU ARE, ISAIAH ROBINSON. 

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A post shared by Anna Wood (@annawoodyall) on Aug 10, 2016 at 5:15am PDT

Thomas Tulak played Too Small, the youngest of the Lost Boys, and arguably the best at naturally rocking freckles. Let's hope he's got his blowing-out game squared away these days. 

Brian and Brett Willis played the nameless but totally memorable twins in the flick. Though they gave up acting, they've led interesting lives becoming firefighters and dead ringers for young Joe Pescis. 

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A post shared by 22 Vision (@22_vision) on Aug 12, 2016 at 4:40pm PDT

Thanks so much for the memories, Lost Boys!

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Filmstarts (@filmstarts) on Aug 10, 2016 at 11:50pm PDT

 
Rebecca Jane Stokes is a writer living in Brooklyn, New York with her cat, Batman. For more of her work, check out her Tumblr.

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Editor's Note: This article was originally posted on April 14, 2017 and was updated with the latest information.