![]() ![]() I don't know what it was, he's always been living in me all these years. I still had biting comments back and forth with Winifred, it was all in place, and Billy came back to me so easily. It's more modern times now, in real life, but when you see Bette and Sarah and Kathy and me all done up in our original looks, our costumes and hair makeup, it's like, "Wow, it was almost like no time had passed at all." Everyone has the same personalities, we all clicked back into our characters so easily with all the quirks and idiosyncrasies and the relationships were still there. I felt really confident about this and going back in and getting back on set then was, I wasn't wrong, the vibe was still the same. Also, when I first heard that our director was Anne Fletcher that kept in - our director for the first movie was Kenny Ortega with his musical dance background and his directing of films that have been big and lively and colorful, and I knew that we were in the same great hands with Anne Fletcher, with her amazing directing background with movies in which she understands comedy, she understands shapes and colors and movement as well, and she directs in a rhythm. I don't keep in touch with Bette the time, but I knew her well enough as a professional that she wouldn't say yes, unless the script was right, or unless she had a hand in also collaborating with rewrites and making it just so, so I trust her. How did you feel when you saw the script for this one? Did you feel confident that it was living up to the legacy of the original?ĭoug Jones: I sure did, especially hearing that the three witches had returned as well, when Bette and Sarah and Kathy had all signed on to come back. Legacy sequels can sometimes struggle when they've been X amount of years after the original. So in the meantime, there's been a lot of rumors and more fan art with like, "Here's the poster," and it's like, "Wait, someone has really good PhotoShop skills, but that's not happening yet." įinally, to have a call from Ralph Winter, our producer that was our feet-on-the-ground producer from the first movie, him call me back and say, "Hey, we are back, and they want you back, and here's the deal." I anticipated and hoped, but never thought like, you never expect like that I'm gonna get to reprise the role that I loved playing 29 years later, it was a lovely surprise and very nostalgic. That's when I realized, "Oh, it might actually happen," and then here we are nine years later, finally. One of our producers, David Kirschner, was there talking with my makeup artist, Tony Gardner, and they were conversing about the sequel that they were pitching to the studio. But I was at the 20-year anniversary screening of Hocus Pocus nine years ago at the Disney lot. How did it feel when you finally heard the news that it was going to be moving forward?ĭoug Jones: The fans have been rumbling about it forever. This was a sequel that has been in the works forever. Screen Rant: It's exciting that we get to have you back as Billy for Hocus Pocus 2.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |