ForBeetlejuice 2to successfully come together,Astrid has to be written correctly and feel believable in this world.

She cant be a carbon copy of Lydia, but she also cant be the polar opposite.

Tim Burton first gave Jenna Ortega the script forBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceshortly afterWednesday season 1 premiered on Netflix in fall 2022.

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Delia in the afterlife waiting room next to Astrid in Beetlejuice 2

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.

Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) and Astrid (Jenna Ortega) at the cemetery in Beetlejuice 2

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