By Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” sequel is currently in post-production and whilst we’re waiting on any publicity photos or trailers from the title, its lead star is talking up the movie again.
Michael Keaton is back as the eponymous Bio-Exorcist in the film alongside Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz and Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz. Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux, and Monica Bellucci also star.
Speaking about reprising his role to People magazine, the actor says he and Burton were both hesitant and cautious over all the years since the original about doing a sequel. It wasn’t until recent years that they “got there” and decided: “let’s just see if we can do it, if we can pull this off.”
He also once again spoke about the joy in filming a project that is mainly eschewing CG effects in favor of practical ones wherever possible:
“The one thing that he [Burton] and I decided on early, early, early on from the beginning, if we ever did it again, I was totally not interested in doing something where there was too much technology. It had to feel handmade.
What made it fun was watching somebody in the corner actually holding something up for you, to watch everybody in the shrunken head room and say, ‘Those are people under there, operating these things, trying to get it right.’
When you get to do that again after years of standing in front of a giant screen, pretending somebody’s across the way from you, this is just enormous fun.”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is set to premiere in cinemas on September 6th.
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