Michael Keaton is opening up about reprising his iconic function as Beetlejuice within the upcoming sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the 2 situations he had for signing on to the venture.
The 72-year-old Oscar-nominated actor beforehand performed the character again in 1988 and now he’s returning to the function 36 years later.
Do you know that Beetlejuice solely had 17 minutes of display time within the first film? That performed an enormous half in Michael‘s situations for the sequel.
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“The thought was, no, no, no, you may’t load it up with Beetlejuice, that’ll kill it,” Michael advised GQ about ensuring his character wasn’t the primary character once more.
He added, “I believe the Beetlejuice character doesn’t drive the story as a lot as he did within the first one. He’s extra a part of the storyline on this one versus the primary one, which is a case of, this factor is available in and drives the film slightly bit.”
Michael additionally wished to ensure that Beetlejuice remained a “sicko” and wasn’t up to date for 2024.
“He’s a factor. He’s extra of a factor than a he or a she, he’s extra of an it,” he stated. “And I’m not saying ‘it’ to be politically right. I simply considered it as a drive greater than something. I imply, there’s undoubtedly robust male power, like silly male power, which I like. You don’t wish to contact that as a result of it’s not such as you go, ‘Effectively, it’s a brand new yr and this factor would now act like that.’”
