Tim Burton has a hidden cameo in Beetlejuice 2 and it’s the weirdest of his entire career

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Beetlejuice 2 (2024)!In the director’s commentary for Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceTim Burton reveals he has a hidden cameo in the hit 2024 movie, and it’s certainly not a role one would expect for the gothic horror filmmaker. The figure of Beetlejuice 2 Reunites Tim Burton with the 1988 original movie actors Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, as well as other frequent collaborators such as Danny DeVito and Jenna Ortega. With a host of big names already headlining Warner Bros’ 2024 box office hit, The all-star cast grew further with Burton himself playing a notable role.

While Tim Burton is more famous for his directing, writing, animation and producing credits, he has ventured into acting several times since the beginning of his career. From voice roles in short films to on-screen cameos in cult movies, The majority of his acting pursuits were in uncredited appearancesWith the exception of Burton’s cameo in 1992 Singles. The uncredited nature of his cameos often makes them more difficult to find in his movies or other projects, which happens to be the case for Burton’s surprising cameo in Beetlejuice 2.

Tim Burton Voices Baby Betelgeuse in Beetlejuice 2

Burton provides the noises and voice of the demonic baby form of Betelgeuse

The digital release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Including special features with a director’s commentary by Tim Burton, in which the filmmaker disclosed a lot of behind-the-scenes secrets and new details about the long-awaited sequel. In one of the most shocking revelations of the commentary, Tim Burton confirms that he provided the voice and noises for Baby Betelgeuse. Beetlejuice 2The Demonic Baby Betelgeuse is one of the most terrifying new additions to the sequel, as it consists of a baby version of Keaton’s dead character with a pinstripe onesie, sharp teeth, a fast crawling ability and a taste for blood.

Baby Betelgeuse appears twice; First, when Betelgeuse forces Lydia to give birth to the demonic baby during their “therapy session“And again in Beetlejuice 2It ends when Lydia has a nightmare about Astrid giving birth to the same baby. When Baby Betelgeuse is on screen, he is accompanied by some disturbing snarling and growling noises, gnawing on meat or light bulbs, and, in Lydia’s nightmare, calling Astrid “Mommy” with a distorted voice. While it might be easy to assume that Baby Betelgeuse’s voice and noises were provided by the film’s sound effects team, Burton opted to take on the job himself.

Tim Burton reveals in his audio commentary that he decided to voice Baby Betelgeuse after already providing some guidance on how to make the noises of the baby. At first, he intended for Michael Keaton to perform the baby’s voice, but Keaton suggested that Burton do it himself. Burton explains that he used to scare his own children when they were younger by imitating the voice of the Sun Baby in TeletubbiesSo he translated that noise into Beetlejuice 2s demonic baby.

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 Voice Cameo is only the third time he’s appeared in his own movies

Tim Burton previously appeared in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Unlike other directors who are known for appearing in their own movies, such as Alfred Hitchcock’s famous cameos or Quentin Tarantino’s self-directed roles, Tim Burton has only appeared in his movies three times. Before his came in Beetlejuice 2The only Tim Burton films in which the director himself appeared were his directorial debut, Play Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and his 2016 fantasy film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

in Play Pee-wee’s Big AdventureBurton appeared in an uncredited role as Snake in an Alley, who confronts Paul Reubens’ titular character while it’s raining. Over 30 years later, Burton has another self-directed cameo in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Like a passenger on an attractionRiding one of the amusement park rides in the movie’s big final battle at the boardwalk. Considering how memorable and extensive the two Baby Betelgeuse scenes are in Beetlejuice 2Burton’s latest voice role is the most sizable cameo he’s had in one of his own movies.

Tim Burton voicing Baby Betelgeuse is the weirdest acting credit of his career

Tim Burton has only had a few acting roles

Tim Burton has only 14 acting roles in movies and several short films, and Baby Betelgeuse certainly stands out as the most surprising yet amusing role for the director to take on. In addition to his roles in Boss in the Alley and Passenger on the Ride in his own films, Burton’s acting history includes playing Brian in the 1992 film Singlesin which another character refers to him as “The next Martin Scorsese.” Burton also played a corpse in the 1992 gangster movie HoffaAnd An alien on the TV monitors in Men in Black 3.

Burton playing an alien in Men in Black 3 is arguably his second weirdest cameo, but Baby Betelgeuse now takes the cake. It’s surprising enough to have a demonic character that makes as many disturbing noises as Baby Betelgeuse, and it’s even more hilariously weird and fitting for Tim Burton to be the one they deliver. Burton’s voice cameo is a great way of further embedding his own unique touch and love for filmmaking into every aspect of Beetlejuice 2And showing the baby form of Betelgeuse now allows him to say that he is technically portraying the titular character.

Tim Burton also has a subtle cameo in the stop-motion scene of Beetlejuice 2

Tim Burton was the model for one of the plane’s passengers

As it turns out, Baby Betelgeuse isn’t the only cameo that Tim Burton makes in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Special features for Beetlejuice 2The digital release also includes an extra breaking down the process of making the stop-motion animation sequences of the sequel. In addition to Beetlejuice 2Sandworm’s return, the animators went into impressive detail when designing the passengers on the plane Charles Dets crashes into during the stop-motion flashback. While showcasing the Various passenger heads have been designed, one of which happens to be modeled after Tim Burton.

The special feature reveals that the chaotic plane ride is based on Tim Burton’s own “Escape from hell” On a budget airline, so it is fitting that the animators included his likeness for one of the passengers. Only the top of the Burton-like doll can be seen in Beetlejuice 2s final cut, what Out a row or two back from the kids fighting behind Charles on the plane. with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Tim Burton’s triumphant return to his original filmmaking approach, a box office hit, and a critically acclaimed horror-comedy all in one, it’s even more special that the director’s own voice and likeness are also baked into the sequel.