Doug Jones reveals Billy's original HocusPocus line was changed by his own suggestion in order to keep the film as kid-friendly as possible: 'But by the same token, I was thinking, 'This is a Disney kids’ film.''
Doug Jones sheds light on what his original line in Hocus Pocus really was. The 1993 Disney cult classic, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, has become a Halloween staple for generations and recently returned with the long awaited sequel Hocus Pocus 2. The story of the Sanderson sisters picks up twenty-nine years after that fateful Halloween night back in 1993 when teenager Max , his sister Dani , and love interest Allison faced the all-powerful witches.
Right. When I auditioned for the movie, he had one word in the original script. Once I finally cut my mouth open, I was supposed to look up at Bette Midler, floating in the sky, with Max in one arm, and grab his knife and cut my mouth open. It was supposed to look very threatening because Winifred was yelling, “Kill him! Get him!” And instead of ending little Max’s life, I yell at Bette Midler. The original script wanted me just to yell, “Bitch!,” at her, which was funny.
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