‘I Wasn’t Ready for That’

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Michael Keaton has seen the belated fantasy sequel, and has nothing but praise for the return of the ghost with the most. Keaton will be back as the bio-exorcist this September, something many fans never expected to see after more than three decades since his original outing. In a new interview on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the actor revealed that he has seen a cut of the movie, and it is “great.”

Keaton first played Beetlejuice in 1988’s Tim Burton hit, starring alongside a young Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara – who both return for the sequel. Although the idea of a sequel has been tossed around a number of times, it never seemed to have the full attention of Burton or any of the cast. However, the last couple of years have seen a surge in legacy sequels, and that seems to stirred something in the afterlife that has conjured Beetlejuice back to life.

Sharing his thoughts after seeing the movie, Keaton seems to be quite happy with how the film has turned out. He said:

“It is really good. And beautiful. Beautiful, you know, physically. You know what I mean? The other one was so fun and exciting visually. It’s all that, but really kind of beautiful and interestingly emotional here and there. I wasn’t ready for that, you know. Yeah, it’s great. It’s great and the cast, I mean, Catherine [O’Hara], if you thought she was funny last time, double it. She’s so funny and Justin Theroux is like, I mean, come on.”

Michael Keaton Says Revisiting Beetlejuice Has Been Fun

Keaton has made it clear that his return as Beetlejuice is not one that came about overnight. In fact, he has said on several occasions that he really had to be coaxed back to take on the role again. However, it seems that now the film is in the can, he has realized that the whole thing was definitely worth it. He said:

“It’s so fun. People keep asking me. I keep saying the same thing. I had really had a lot of fun on “The Other Guys” with Will and those guys. Adam McKay. This is right in that, you know, right in that world, but you can’t compare “Beetlejuice” to anything because it’s unique and it’s like a little piece of art, you know what I mean. It’s almost like you just want to take it, put it in a little museum and just, there’s just nothing like it, so to do it again was a little, I guess, intimidating or I was nervous about it, but I wanted to do it a long time ago. I thought, ‘I think maybe we should take another shot at this,’ and then the idea just kind of went away. No one really seemed to be that excited about it, or they just didn’t know if they, so then I lost interest, but then it started coming back and Tim and I would talk over the years about would we ever do it. If we did it, how would we do it? But it’s just so fun and I’ve seen it now, I’m gonna see it again after a couple little tweaks in the editing room and I confidently say this thing is great.”

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