By Tim Burton unleashes “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” later this year which sees many of the cast members returning from the 1988 film.
Some aren’t back of course. Sylvia Sidney passed away in 1999, Glenn Shadix passed away in 2010, and Jeffrey Jones is out for obvious reasons.
But what about the first film’s lead stars Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis? Both are very much alive and still acting of course, and with de-aging effects these days it could be quite possible.
Sadly, Davis tells Entertainment Tonight she’s not in the film and understands the reasoning:
“No, I’m not. I’m not in the remake. Oh, you were expecting that I would be? Yeah, no, you know what? Because my theory is that ghosts don’t age … Not that I have. Our characters were stuck the way they looked when they died forever, so it’s been a while, its been a minute.”
Indeed, those involved in the film’s making have made it a point of pride that the project utilises as many practical effects as possible with very little in the way of digital trickery.
Michael Keaton is back as a ghost too, however due to the amount of make-up slathered on his face and his aged up appearance in the original, he doesn’t look that different here.
Davis appeared in the original as Barbara Maitland, the ghost who is seen by Winona Ryder’s character Lydia Deetz. She adds that she heard the trailer came out but hasn’t seen it yet.
Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe also star in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” which hits cinemas September 6th.
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