Warning: This post contains spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Writer Miles Millar explains how Charles Deetz’s standout death scene was developed, and how it pays tribute to Tim Burton’s early career. Originally played by Jeffrey Jones, the father of Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) and husband of Delia (Catherine O’Hara) is killed when his plane crash-lands in the ocean while returning from a bird-watching expedition, as a shark consumes him. His expedition. Upper half. While Charles’ headless ghost, portrayed by an unknown actor, roams the afterlife, his death is told through a heavily stylized stop-motion animation flashback.
Millar explained to Forbes How they chose to explain the story of Charles’ death in a way that few would imagine. From the earliest days of the film’s development, the sequence was always shown as stop-motion, as a nod to Burton’s early filmmaking career in animation along with his involvement in The Nightmare Before Christmas, dead brideAnd Frankenvenie. Check out Millar’s recollection below:
Charles’ death sequence in the script is stop-motion. We thought this would be a really fun call back to Tim’s stop-motion movies and a really interesting way to see the depth. It was something we thought Tim would respond to and he did. Because we’ve been working with him on Wednesday, we have a sense of what he responds to, and also because we’ve always been huge fans of his work. We want to put as much as we can into the scripts and then let him be inspired by that – we always think that’s the best way to work anyway. We hold nothing back in terms of what we describe in the scripts, and hopefully inspire other ideas or a plan or starting point.
How Beetlejuice Beetlejuice worked around one of the most complex character returns
Jones’ real-life crimes meant that any return was incredibly unlikely
The reason why Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Avoiding bringing back Jones despite the majority of the original cast returning makes sense. In 2002, Jones was arrested for possession and solicitation of child pornography, later offering a plea of ​​no contest to the latter. As such, the actor was not only omitted from the sequel, but his character was killed off in a rather graphic way. This is surprising, considering some might have expected Charles’ death to be a more subdued affair Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
As such, the sequel still manages to feel like a satisfying revisit to the world while rightfully leaving the disgraced actor behind.
Charles is seen in several sequences wandering the afterlife, trying to determine where he is now that he is on the other side. In macabre fashion for the franchise, Charles’ upper body and head were chewed off by the shark, obviating the need for Jones’ character, while a new physical and vocal Performance is supplied by currently unnamed performers. Furthermore, Charles’ maintained presence allows for a satisfying end to Delia’s arc, who is able to reunite with her husband and move on with few regrets.
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Incorporating Charles in Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceHis story was never going to be an easy task because of the seriousness of Jones’ crimes. Despite the difficulty, however, it is clear that Millar, Gough, Burton and the rest of the cast and crew did not hold back, instead finding unique and creative ways to tell the story without compromising or wasting potential. As such, the sequel still manages to feel like a satisfying revisit to the world while rightfully leaving the disgraced actor behind.
Source: Forbes