Jeffrey Jones is not in Beetlejuice, despite the trailer
Beetlejuice, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, 1988
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Will Jeffrey Jones appear in Tim Burton’s upcoming film? Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?
That’s the question on the minds of eagle-eyed fans of the Warner Bros. film’s trailer. Next, who noticed a glimpse of the actor on the tombstone in the funeral scene. But Jones’ rep confirms this Hollywood Reporter In which the actor does not appear Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Attending the funeral are Catherine O’Hara (who plays Delia Dietz, Jones’s second wife, Charles Dietz, in the original film), Winona Ryder (Lydia Dietz, Charles’s daughter by his deceased first wife), and Jenna Ortega (a movie newcomer). Franchise, who plays Astrid Dietz, Lydia’s teenage daughter).
in BeetlejuiceCharles is a big-city real estate developer who buys a house in Connecticut after the previous owners — the Maitlands, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis — die in a car accident.
The Maitlands soon learn they are ghosts and watch in horror as Delia sets about transforming their quaint farmhouse into a gaudy, post-modern funhouse.
Charles’ death in the sequel did not necessarily rule out his participation in the sequel, as the film follows the Maitlands’ adventures in the afterlife.
Talented comedian Jones, 77, stole scenes in a string of films throughout the 1980s, most notably as Emperor Joseph II in 1984. Amadeus and Ed Rooney, director in 1986 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Continue working with Burton Beetlejuice With performances in 1994 Ed Wood And 1999 Sleepy Hollow.
He has worked much less in the years following a 2003 plea of no contest to hiring a 14-year-old boy to pose for nude photos, for which he was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender.
But Jones played real-life journalist A.W. Merrick on HBO Dead wood Throughout the show’s run from 2004 to 2006. He reprized the role for Deadwood: The Movie In 2019 — but amid a more sensitive post-#MeToo climate — his presence in the narrative has been greatly reduced.
