Michael Keaton didn't want Beetlejuice to be the main character in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'. The 72-year-old Hollywood star is reprising the iconic role for the upcoming sequel to the 1988 horror comedy classic, and before agreeing to the comeback, he wanted to ensure Beetlejuice wasn't steering the story. He told GQ: “The idea was, no, no, no, you can’t load it up with Beetlejuice, that’ll kill it.
" He explained: “I think the Beetlejuice character doesn’t drive the story as much as he did in the first one. He’s more part of the storyline in this one as opposed to the first one, which is a case of this thing comes in and drives the movie a little bit.” Tim Burton's character remains a "sicko".
Keaton said: “He’s a thing. He’s more of a thing than a he or a she, he’s more of an it. “And I’m not saying ‘it’ to be politically correct.
I just viewed it as a force more than anything. I mean, there’s definitely strong male energy, like stupid male energy, which I love. You don’t want to touch that because it’s not like you go, ‘Well, it’s a new year and this thing would now act like that.
’” Burton recently revealed the 'Jack Frost' star was "possessed by a demon" when he got back into character. The 65-year-old director and his co-stars found it surreal how he jumped right back into his alter ego like it was yesterday after 36 years. The 'Edward Scissorhands' filmmaker told Empire magazine: “It was like he was possessed by a demon, bec.