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Whereas we don’t but know the complete plot of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, we’re very aware of a number of of its major gamers, due to the enduring recognition of the 1988 authentic. Within the many years since its launch, Winona Ryder had formulated an thought of the place her character—teenage goth icon, ghost whisperer, and Harry Belafonte fan Lydia Deetz—ended up. However when Tim Burton approached her with the sequel, she was stunned to search out their imaginations didn’t take the identical path.
“I might hope there’s that factor of wanting to maintain the essence of the primary one, however then think about this complete life that’s occurred,” Ryder advised Leisure Weekly in a brand new interview. “I by no means considered Lydia ever being a mother. I believed she would simply be this spinster by selection in that attic, however I feel that’s the place the unimaginable Jenna Ortega is available in. She answered a ton of these questions, and it felt so proper.”
Wednesday star Ortega performs Lydia’s daughter, Astrid; one other new Beetlejuice Beetlejuice character, performed by Justin Theroux, is Rory—Lydia’s boyfriend and a TV producer who’s presumably behind her internet hosting a paranormal-themed present referred to as Ghost Home. From the trailers and pictures we’ve seen of the sequel up to now, it’s clear that whereas Lydia has discovered her manner into sure facets of maturity (being a mother, having a profession), she’s nonetheless holding onto her signature horror-core fashions, in addition to these unmistakable spiky bangs.
Even past simply Lydia, Ryder advised the journal that Burton has been constantly fascinated with the Beetlejuice characters, in a type of “the place are they now?” type of manner. “I simply keep in mind yearly or two, we’d get collectively,” she mentioned to EW. “And, you realize, he’d tempo round and be like, ‘This isn’t like a sequel. It’s identical to issues occur in life, and I actually wish to know what’s happening with them now.”
Catherine O’Hara, who returns as Lydia’s stepmother Delia Deetz, had an identical take: “A bit lady like that in that first Beetlejuice film, you surprise, the place do they go in life? What errors do they make? What do they do? The place are the relationships? He was very fascinated by that and household and the connection of the three girls.”
The remainder of the solid consists of, in fact, Michael Keaton because the title bio-exorcist, in addition to Willem Dafoe as a cop within the afterlife, and Monica Bellucci as Beetlejuice’s ex-wife, Delores.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice hits theaters September 6.
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