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03.06.2024 / 16:45
Michael Keaton says merchandise of his ‘Beetlejuice’ character was “fucking weird”
Michael Keaton has admitted that seeing his character from Beetlejuice being merchandised was “fucking weird”.The actor is due to return as the character Betelgeuse in upcoming sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, having originated the role in the 1988 Tim Burton classic.Speaking in a new interview about getting back into character, especially given his wider pop cultural recognition since the first film was released, Keaton explained that he went back to basics.“There’s been so much merchandising of it, I had to drop back to where it started,” he told Empire.“I had to go, ‘What was my unusual imagination even thinking about when I was developing it in the first place?’ As opposed to seeing a coffee mug or a golf-club cover [adorned with Betelgeuse’s face].”He elaborated: “That was fucking weird. To be honest with you – I’m being very frank – it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don’t want to look like all these little things, fuck that – what was the thing that started this?’”Teasing the sequel further, Keaton said of the film: “I love it.