23 Oct 2014 12:05 AM PDT
It is Throwback Thursday and this week we highlight Wil Wheaton. Many of The Big Bang Theory fans knew Wil was in Star Trek the Next Generation, but Wil had an impressive resume from early on. We bring you one of his earlier projects – Toy Soldiers, where he played Joey Trotta. Below is a clip from the film.
The film was filmed in Charlottesville, VA, USA and released April 26, 1991 by TriStar Pictures. The full feature is 111 min in length.
The Story
Billy Tepper is the leader of a group of rebellious boys at The Regis School. He has already been expelled from three prominent private schools. His best friend, Joey Trotta, is the son of the Head of the New York Mafia; Billy, all their friends and many other kids at the school have equally influential and prominent, if more law-abiding, parents. When Luis Cali’s father is put in jail, he heads for the Regis School to put the son of the judge in charge of the case under hostage, only to find he has been removed. However, once he realises who the parents of the rest are, he decides the entire student body of the Regis School would be an even better bargaining chip.
The Primary Cast
Sean Astin …………………………………………………………..Billy Tepper
Wil Wheaton………………………………………………………..Joey Trotta
Keith Coogan……………………………………………………….Snuffy Bradberry
Andrew Divoff……………………………………………………..Luis Cali
R Lee Ermey………………………………………………………..General Kramer
Mason Adams………………………………………………………Deputy Director Brown
Denholm Elliott……………………………………………………Headmaster
Louis Gossett, Jr…………………………………………………..Dean Parker
George Perez………………………………………………………..Ricardo Montoya
T E Russell…………………………………………………………..Hank Giles
Shawn Phelan………………………………………………………Derek