Michael Keaton is opening up concerning the “surreal” means of returning to his beloved character for the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sequel.
The actor, who debuted the ghoul Betelgeuse in Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice in 1988, not too long ago informed Empire journal that he needed to look previous the popular culture facet of his character and discover the quirky supply forward of filming.
“There’s been a lot merchandising of it, I needed to drop again to the place it began,” Keaton defined. “I needed to go, ‘What was my uncommon creativeness even serious about after I was growing it within the first place?’ Versus seeing a espresso mug or a golf membership cowl [featuring Betelgeuse’s face].”
The actor admitted that watching his character enter the mainstream merchandising world was a “fucking bizarre” expertise.
“To be sincere with you — I’m being very frank — it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don’t need to appear like all these little issues, fuck that — what was the factor that began this?’” he added.
Nonetheless, Keaton feels he was profitable at getting again to the fundamentals of Betelgeuse for Burton’s sequel, due out Sept. 6
“I like it,” he mentioned of the film. “I completely love this factor. And I don’t [usually] speak like that. I unabashedly love this. It was not simple to drag off, and I believe we did it in spades.”
The director additionally praised Keaton’s efficiency, telling the publication, “It was like he was possessed by a demon, as a result of he simply went proper again into it.”
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice additionally stars Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux and Catherine O’Hara.