Geena Davis has bad news for fans hoping to see his original character from Beetle juice in the next sequence.
On Thursday, the 68-year-old actress spoke with ET’s Kevin Frazier at the CinemaCon 2024 Big Screen Achievement Awards — where she was honored as the recipient of the Viola Davis Trailblazer Award — and revealed that she will not reprise her role as Barbara Maitland in the upcoming 5th release. September.
“No, I’m not. I’m not in the remake,” she said. “Oh, you expected me to be? Yeah, no, you know what? Because my theory is that ghosts don’t age… Not that I have.”
In the original film, Davis and Alex Baldwin played Barbara and Adam Maitland, ghosts who inhabited the house Winona Ryder It is Catarina O’Haracharacters of Lydia and Delia Deetz. Things quickly get shaken up when the Maitlands summon Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) to send the family away from home.
Although the original film ended with Maitlands and Deetz agreeing to live in harmony, it is now clear that Davis and Baldwin’s characters will not appear, although it is unclear how their disappearance will be explained in Beetle juice Beetle juice.
According to the legendary A league of its own actress, she believes she was unable to return because it wouldn’t make sense based on her understanding of the logic of ghost aging.
“Our characters were stuck with the way they looked when they died forever, so it’s been a while, it’s been a minute,” Davis continued.
Furthermore, the actress said that she has not yet had the opportunity to check out the trailer for the upcoming film, which fell in mid-March and sees the return of Ryder, Keaton and O’Hara’s characters.
“I heard the trailer came out and someone said they were crying, so I have to see the trailer,” she told ET.
Although she may not be in the know Beetle juice After the latest updates on the sequel, she was a little worried in the weeks leading up to her acceptance of the Viola Davis Trailblazer Award. O Thelma and Luisa star said he couldn’t feel more humbled to follow in Davis’ footsteps.
“It’s an incredible honor, you know, a huge fan of hers, and she really is a phenomenal trailblazer,” she said. “This means a lot to me and I am also very grateful.”
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