The sequel to Beetlejuice is almost here, and director Tim Burton has shared his feelings on the original, and what he did to prepare for the second one.
Beetlejuice isn’t exactly a cult classic, as it did pretty well at the box office compared to its budget at the time of its release, but it’s definitely a film with a bit of a cult following. Clearly that following is big enough to get a sequel off the ground, but appearing at the Venice Film Festival (via Deadline), it appears that director Tim Burton doesn’t quite understand why it was so successful and developed such a following. “As much as I love it, I never understood why it was a success,” Burton said of the original film.
“I could never place the film as something other than personal to me. So after all these years being able to work with Michael [Keaton], Winona [Ryder] and Catherine [O’Hara] again made it more personal and special along with Jenna [Ortega], Monica [Belluci], Justin [Theroux] and Willem [Dafoe] – new people who got into the spirit of it. So it was a very personal project for me.”
