Josh Brolin is a postmodern cowboy. Masculine but too vulnerable to be macho, at ease on a motorcycle or on horseback, he looks best with dust in the grooves of his skin.

Josh Brolin Says Nepotism Made It More Challenging to Prove Himself as a Young Actor During ‘The Goonies’ Audition. The actor untimely landed the role of Brand Walsh in the 1985 beloved film.

One day in January 1985, 16-year-old Josh Brolin was in Los Angeles filming the climactic scene in his debut film, “The Goonies.” In the largest and deepest soundstage at Warner Bros. Studios ...