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The film is a sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 horror-comedy, which brings the Deetz family back to their country home.To make the sequel, Tim Burton reunited with several key cast members from his 1988 horror-comedy, including Michael Keaton playing the titular ghoul, Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder as Lydia, now mother to her own sullen teen played by Jenna Ortega.“I’m not out to do a big sequel for money,” Burton said a few hours before the premiere, with his cast alongside him.
“I think my character has matured,” Keaton said. “As suave and sensitive as he was in the first, I think he’s even more so in this one.” The film finds Ryder’s Lydia, now the host of a cheesy ghost-hunting television show, her stepmother Delia and Ortega’s Astrid going back to the old Winter River home after the death of Charles. Astrid is a reluctant presence: Her character is just as surly as Lydia was as a teen, but unlike her mother, she doesn’t believe in ghosts.
“It had been such a special experience, the first one, and just to be able to come back to it was a dream come true,” Ryder said. “My love and trust for Tim runs so deep. There’s a sense of playfulness where you can try things and you know if it’s bad he won’t use it ... You feel safe and also completely free.”
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