Beetlejuicefans knew — even before it was hard hinted at in theBeetlejuice Beetlejuicetrailers — that there was no way Jeffrey Jones ’ version of Charles Deetz would come along in the sequel . But the character could n’t just go away from the story entirely . forecast out how to frame Charles required some maneuvering by screenwritersAlfred Goughand Miles Millar , who talked about their approach in a new interview .
If you still have n’t seen the picture yet …
InBeetlejuice Beetlejuice , Charles ’ sudden death come about at the starting signal of the flick ; his funeral is the reason his married woman Delia ( Catherine O’Hara ) , his girl Lydia ( Winona Ryder ) , and Lydia ’s girl Astrid ( Jenna Ortega ) render to that iconic white house in Winter River , Connecticut . His dying is cautiously explained in a means that ’s both on-key to theBeetlejuiceworld ’s playfully macabre aesthetic — and in a way that means Jones , a registered sex offender , never really appears onscreen : through check - motion brio .
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Speaking tothe Hollywood Reporter , Gough credited manager Tim Burton with dreaming up Charles ’ comically draw - out expiry scene . “ Theanimated story of how Charles died is from Tim say his worst incubus of dying , which is he ’s in a plane clangoring , he survives , he almost drowns , he ’s about to be saved and then he ’s eaten by a shark , ” the writer excuse . “ That ’s a keen story . Because [ in ] the first moving picture there is break off movement — remember when the carving come to life-time and there ’s those things — we wanted to have that in there . So it became about putting a twist on the backstory expounding moment … for Charles , showing him with his head off help with the real - life state of affairs . ”
Later in the movie , Delia — in a deep heartache over losing her beloved Charles — unintentionally dies while perform a snake - need ritual over his grave . ( It ’s tied into her phylogeny from carver to video and performance creative person , somethingBeetlejuice Beetlejuicehas a fortune of fun with . ) If Delia ’s death seemed surprising , it was n’t to the much - loved comedic actor who plays her .
“ That was actually Catherine ’s idea , ” Millar revealed to THR . “ We were peach about her character , and she say , ‘ I imagine she should intrust suicide just because she ’s so in love with Charles . The ultimate matter she can do is to join him in the afterlife . ’ It ’s a great idea , but it experience like a weird well to go down in a comedy to have a main persona commit self-annihilation toward the destruction of the pic . What ’s a more originative , bizarre way that she could fail ? That was an inadvertent death . So we get to his theme of the asps , which we really hump . ”
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