Beetlejuice 2: Willem Dafoe reveals details about his character

In addition to the return of actors who made history in the first film in the franchise, released in 1988, Ghosts Have Fun 2 will feature new names, such as Willem Dafoewho gave details about the character he plays in the production directed by Tim Burton.

During an interview with Variety at the 2023 Marrakech International Film Festival, Dafoe talked about his most recent works, such as his second film Beetlejuice. “I play a cop in the afterlife, so I’m a dead person,” she said. “And in life he was a B action movie star, but I had an accident and that’s what sent me to the other side. But because of my skills, I became a detective character in the afterlife.”

“So that’s my job. But it’s influenced by the fact of who he was [quando estava vivo]: a B-movie action star,” the actor continued.

Willem Dafoe remembers spending 6 hours a day doing makeup on Poor Creatures

Next movie Yorgos Lanthimosdirector responsible for The Sacrifice of the Sacred Deer (2017), The Lobster (2015) and The favorite (2018), Poor Creatures hits Brazilian cinemas on February 1, 2024 and promises to be highlighted in the Oscar. To interpret Dr. Godwin Baxter in the long, Willem Dafoe I needed to stay six hours to do my makeup.

The production cast also includes Emma Stone (Bella Baxter), Margaret Qualley (Felicity), Mark Ruffalo (Duncan Wedderburn), Ramy Youssef (Max McCandles) It is Christopher Abbott (Alfie Blessington). The synopsis says: “The young woman Bella Baxter is brought back to life by the scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Wanting to see more of the world, she runs away with a lawyer and travels across continents. Free from the prejudices of her time, Bella demands equality and liberation.”

During an interview with Vanity Fair, Dafoe recalled how the great makeup job led to some jokes. With this unrecognizable look, he began to be called Kirk on the film set, because it looked like Kirk Douglasactor and father of michael douglas.

“Four hours in, two hours out every day – I arrived at three in the morning, sitting in the chair, meditating and trying to deal with being still,” he said. “You can’t sleep because it’s so complex and you have to work with the people who apply it.

Then everyone arrives at seven o’clock and your day begins. You film a whole day. Then you take it off. It’s an arduous task, but I enjoyed working with a mask there – literally, a mask.