No matter how many times you say their names, dont expectAlec BaldwinandGeena Davisto pop up inBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.
A sequel like this, it really had to do with the time, explained Burton.
That was my hook into it, the three generations of mother, daughter, granddaughter.
Tim Burton has revealed why Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis don’t reprise their roles in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’.Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/WireImage/Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection
And that [would] be the nucleus of it.
I couldnt have made this personally back in 1989 or whatever.
No, Im not.Im not in the remake, Davis told Entertainment Tonight in April.
Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin inBeetlejuice.Warner Bros./Everett Collection
Oh, you were expecting that I would be?
Yeah, no, you know what?
Because my theory is that ghosts dont age … Not that I have.
On Wednesday,Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceearned a4 minute-plus ovationduring its world premiere as the opener of theVenice International Film Festival.
Burton returned to co-write (withMiles Millar) and direct the sequel, which also starsMonica BellucciandWillem Dafoe.
