Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!
This article contains testimonials from an actor who has been a registered sex offender since 2003.
In addition to bringing back a few original actors, Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Subtly recasts a main character from the 1988 movie. The figure and characters of Beetlejuice 2 are led by returning figures such as Winona Ryder as Lydia Dates, Catherine O’Hara as Delia Dates, and Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, as well as new additions such as Jenna Ortega as Astrid Dates and Justin Theroux as Rory. The 2024 movie also cleverly Brings back original character Charles Deetz, but not with Jeffrey Jones portraying him.
The biggest missing original actors from Beetlejuice The sequel stars Jeffrey Jones, Alec Baldwin, and Geena Davis, the latter two of whom played the recently deceased ghosts of Adam and Barbara Maitland. Since Adam and Barbara Maitland “moved in”. Beetlejuice 2Baldwin and Davis’ absences make sense in the sequel. however, Charles Deetz still plays an important role in Beetlejuice 2s historyand appears in both stop-motion sequences and as a ghost stalking the afterlife. In order to fulfill the latter role without bringing back Jones, Beetlejuice 2 Casts a new actor to voice Charles.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice recast Charles Dets
A new actor voices the iconic original character
Since Charles Dets died from being eaten by a shark, his head was missing in the afterlife, so the recast avoided changing the character’s original appearance. The head and shoulders have been bitten off, so Charles’ body spurts out blood while almost incoherently gurgling his words, which also accomplishes the feat of avoiding his character sounding different in the sequel. While the character was recast for his voice and stuntwork in the sequel, Beetlejuice 2The new Charles Deetz actor is uncredited.
Leaving the role uncredited is likely a way to preserve the image of the original Charles Deetz character.
It still It has not been revealed exactly what the 2024 horror comedy has hidden the actor who voices Charles in Beetlejuice 2. However, leaving the role uncredited is likely a way to preserve the image of the original Charles Deetz character. When the discovery of Charles’ new voice actor, some audience members’ perceptions of the character as he stumbles around the afterlife may deviate from his characterization in both the 1988 Beetlejuice and the stop-motion sequence of the sequel, which still uses the figure of Jeffrey Jones.
Why Beetlejuice 2 Recast Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz
Charles’ return in some form was necessary for Beetlejuice 2
Tim Burton has not officially confirmed his reason for recasting Charles Dets rather than leaving him out of the sequel in its entirety. However, the returning Deetz family members spend a significant portion of the film in the afterlife, with the 1988 film also reiterating that just because a person dies, it doesn’t mean their physical presence is gone.
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Charles had to be present in some form during Beetlejuice 2 How the Deetzes mourn their relative and honor his impact on both the original movie and the 2024 sequel’s plot. Although Charles’ return in some manner is important, the chances of Beetlejuice 2 Bring back his original actor, Jeffrey Jones, are very low, which is why Charles’ ghost is missing his head and shoulders.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Key facts breakdown |
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Box Office – Opening Weekend |
$110 million |
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Rotten Tomatoes critics score |
78% |
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Rotten Tomatoes audience score |
82% |
Jones’ departure is presumably due to his legal troublesIn 2003, he pleaded no contest to possession of child pornography in 2003 and was arrested for neglecting to update his sex offender status in 2004 and 2010, pleading guilty to the latter charge (via People). As of 2010, Jones has only appeared in two films and two made-for-TV movies, so his Hollywood departure began long before that. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Source: People