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While set photos from back in 2023 already caught a mysterious filmed sequence involving Jenna Ortega’s character, this scene has still been hidden fromBeetlejuice 2’s promotional materials so far. Shortly after its official announcement in May 2023, the highly-anticipatedTim Burton sequelBeetlejuice 2began filming that summer.During production, some unofficial behind-the-scenes set photos were sharedthat gave first looks at the return of Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz and the introduction of Jenna Ortega as her daughter Astrid Deetz.
Given their outfits in these captured moments, some important scenes were teased forBeetlejuice 2’s cast and characters – but one still remains a mystery. One of the scenes caught in set photos was a look at Winona Ryder clad in black for a funeral at the Winter River graveyard. The trailer forBeetlejuice 2thenconfirmed the death of Jeffrey Jones’ Charles Deetz, contextualizing that the set photos were of Lydia and the Deetz family at his funeral. However, there’sanother shocking set photo of Jenna Ortega’s character that still hasn’t been explainedbyBeetlejuice 2’s trailers.
Beetlejuice 2’s Trailer Doesn’t Reference Jenna Ortega’s Wedding Tease
Set photos revealed Jenna Ortega in a wedding scene
The original teaser and official trailer forBeetlejuice Beetlejuicehaveyet to give context to theset photos of Jenna Ortega’s Astrid Ortega at a wedding. While Astrid is wearing what appears to be a wedding dress in the afterlife duringBeetlejuice 2’s trailer, it’s different from the gown in the set photos. Additionally, Astrid’s outfit in the trailer seems to be part of a Halloween costume given the film’s setting on that holiday, whereas the set photos actually featured her smiling in a proper wedding dress next to a man in a tuxedo in the realm of the living.
While Astrid is wearing what appears to be a wedding dress in the afterlife duringBeetlejuice 2’s trailer, it’s different from the gown in the set photos.
It’s unclear who the man is in the set photos with Jenna Ortega, but it originally led to theories that her character was set up to repeatBeetlejuice and Lydia’s twisted wedding scenefrom the original movie. However,Beetlejuice 2reveals that Michael Keaton’s titular character is still hell-bent on marrying Lydia, with one teased sequence even showing her back in her iconic red wedding dress. As such, itseems like the photos of Astrid in the wedding dress could be for a real, living-people-only marriageafter the chaos with Beetlejuice is over.
Arthur Conti Is Still Expected To Play Astrid’s Boyfriend In Beetlejuice 2
Astrid is teased to have a romance in Beetlejuice 2
There’s still a lot of mystery hanging around thecast and characters ofBeetlejuice 2, though many unanswered questions about certain actors’ roles were answered in the official trailer. For instance, Danny DeVito’s cameo was confirmed as an afterlife janitor, Monica Bellucci’s Delores was introduced as Beetlejuice’s wife, and Willem Dafoe was officially launched as afterlife detective and former B-movie action star Wolf Jackson. One actor confirmed for the castwhose role hasn’t been disclosed, however, is Arthur Conti.
Beetlejuice 2’s New Character Tease Reignites The Original Movie’s Weirdest Romance
A new character being introduced in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice makes a dynamic from the original movie even weirder than it already was.
Known for a brief appearance inHouse of the Dragonseason 1 as the queen’s page, Conti joined the cast ofBeetlejuice 2in a yet-to-be-revealed role. However, it seems likely that he’ll be featured in the land of the living, ashe’s expected to be playing the local teen with whom Astrid is teased to begin a romance. If so, it could end up being Arthur Conti’s character who Jenna Ortega’s Astrid was seen marrying inBeetlejuice 2’s wedding set photos.
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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.
