Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin inBeetlejuice.Photo: Geffen/Warner Bros/Kobal/ShutterstockGeena Davisis game to travel to the afterlife again.The Oscar winner, 66, andAlec Baldwinplayed a a lovable but dead married couple inTim Burton’s 1988 classicBeetlejuice. Rumors of a sequel have been bubbling for years; in February those dreams became a reality when it wasreportedthatBrad Pitt’s production company Plan B had boarded a second ghoulish installment.While Davis tells PEOPLE she has yet to be contacted about returning for the sequel, she says she “would of course like to revisit” that world again.“I want to play every character I’ve ever played again,” Davis says.There is one issue, however, with revisiting her character of Barbara Maitland: She’s a ghost, along with her husband, Adam (Baldwin). “I have a feeling that ghosts don’t age,” she says. “How would they explain that they’re older?“Winona Ryder,Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Glenn Shadix also starred in Burton’s wild comedy about a malicious spirit named Beetlejuice (Keaton) who helps a recently deceased couple drive out an unbearable family who moved into their home.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.The movie was adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, which closes in January.Davis discusses the making ofBeetlejuice, as well as her entire career, in her upcoming bookDying of Politeness: A Memoir.Dying of Politeness, out Oct. 11, also details the forming ofthe Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The Television Academy recently awarded Davis with the Governors Award for her work with the foundation, which she founded in 2004, “in recognition of their efforts to promote gender balance and foster inclusion throughout the entertainment industry.“For more on Geena Davis, pick up this week’s issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin inBeetlejuice.Photo: Geffen/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock
Geena Davisis game to travel to the afterlife again.The Oscar winner, 66, andAlec Baldwinplayed a a lovable but dead married couple inTim Burton’s 1988 classicBeetlejuice. Rumors of a sequel have been bubbling for years; in February those dreams became a reality when it wasreportedthatBrad Pitt’s production company Plan B had boarded a second ghoulish installment.While Davis tells PEOPLE she has yet to be contacted about returning for the sequel, she says she “would of course like to revisit” that world again.“I want to play every character I’ve ever played again,” Davis says.There is one issue, however, with revisiting her character of Barbara Maitland: She’s a ghost, along with her husband, Adam (Baldwin). “I have a feeling that ghosts don’t age,” she says. “How would they explain that they’re older?“Winona Ryder,Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Glenn Shadix also starred in Burton’s wild comedy about a malicious spirit named Beetlejuice (Keaton) who helps a recently deceased couple drive out an unbearable family who moved into their home.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.The movie was adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, which closes in January.Davis discusses the making ofBeetlejuice, as well as her entire career, in her upcoming bookDying of Politeness: A Memoir.Dying of Politeness, out Oct. 11, also details the forming ofthe Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The Television Academy recently awarded Davis with the Governors Award for her work with the foundation, which she founded in 2004, “in recognition of their efforts to promote gender balance and foster inclusion throughout the entertainment industry.“For more on Geena Davis, pick up this week’s issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Geena Davisis game to travel to the afterlife again.
The Oscar winner, 66, andAlec Baldwinplayed a a lovable but dead married couple inTim Burton’s 1988 classicBeetlejuice. Rumors of a sequel have been bubbling for years; in February those dreams became a reality when it wasreportedthatBrad Pitt’s production company Plan B had boarded a second ghoulish installment.
While Davis tells PEOPLE she has yet to be contacted about returning for the sequel, she says she “would of course like to revisit” that world again.
“I want to play every character I’ve ever played again,” Davis says.
There is one issue, however, with revisiting her character of Barbara Maitland: She’s a ghost, along with her husband, Adam (Baldwin). “I have a feeling that ghosts don’t age,” she says. “How would they explain that they’re older?”
Winona Ryder,Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Glenn Shadix also starred in Burton’s wild comedy about a malicious spirit named Beetlejuice (Keaton) who helps a recently deceased couple drive out an unbearable family who moved into their home.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.
The movie was adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, which closes in January.
Davis discusses the making ofBeetlejuice, as well as her entire career, in her upcoming bookDying of Politeness: A Memoir.
Dying of Politeness, out Oct. 11, also details the forming ofthe Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The Television Academy recently awarded Davis with the Governors Award for her work with the foundation, which she founded in 2004, “in recognition of their efforts to promote gender balance and foster inclusion throughout the entertainment industry.”
For more on Geena Davis, pick up this week’s issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
