Summary
The cast ofBeetlejuice 2creates a reunion for a 1992 horror movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with the actors’ roles bearing curious similarities in both franchises. With Tim Burton back in the director’s chair,Beetlejuice 2’s castsees plenty of familiar faces playing the living and dead characters in the upcoming sequel to his 1988 filmBeetlejuice. While a feworiginal cast members are confirmed to return, including Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, and Catherine O’Hara, most of the actors are new to the world ofBeetlejuice– but some have previously worked with Burton.
Among the new figures joiningBeetlejuice 2’s storyare Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and Danny DeVito.Dafoe and Bellucci are making their Tim Burton movie debut, but the two actors bring plenty of experience in the horror genre to their roles as an afterlife police officer and Beetlejuice’s ex-wife in the 2024 film. Furthermore, many of the newBeetlejuice 2cast members have previously worked with the returning actors in other movies beforehand, such as Winona Ryder and Monica Bellucci having collaborated on a massively successful horror release from the 1990s.
Beetlejuice 2’s Winona Ryder & Monica Bellucci Were Both In Bram Stoker’s Dracula From 1992
Beetlejuice 2 is Ryder & Bellucci’s second horror movie together
Before working together inBeetlejuice 2,Lydia Deetz actress Winona Ryder and Delores actress Monica Bellucci both appeared in the 1992 filmBram Stoker’s Dracula.Directed by Francis Ford Coppola,Bram Stoker’s Draculasaw Ryder – who had already been making waves in the horror genre throughBeetlejuiceandEdward Scissorhands– star as Mina Harker, while Bellucci portrayed one of Dracula’s Brides. The 1992 adaptation of the classic vampire novel was a campy hit for Coppola, earning approximately $216 million at the box office while currently holding a “Certified Fresh” 74% score from critics onRotten Tomatoes.
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Now, about 32 years later, Ryder and Bellucci are reuniting in another highly anticipated horror film onBeetlejuice 2.Bram Stoker’s Draculaactually isn’t the last time that the two actors have worked together, however. They alsoboth appeared in the 2009 movieThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee, which curiously also brought them back together with theirDraculaco-star Keanu Reeves. If Reeves happens to make a surprise appearance inBeetlejuice 2, then he, Ryder, and Bellucci would have a curious array of projects together across three decades of films.
Ryder & Bellucci’s Beetlejuice 2 Roles Continue An Odd Dynamic From Their Dracula Movie
Ryder & Bellucci’s connections to the villains are similar in Dracula & Beetlejuice
While Ryder and Bellucci are back in another horror movie together for a completely different franchise, their character dynamics are still quite similar. Much like inBram Stoker’s Dracula, Ryder’sBeetlejuice 2character is the mortal woman whom the horror movie’s supernatural and deceased villain is obsessed with. Likewise,bothBellucci’sBeetlejuice 2characterandDraculafigure are already the dead wife of the main villain. Whether Winona Ryder’s character will ultimately decapitate Beetlejuice inBeetlejuice 2as her character did to Dracula remains to be seen, however.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.
