Cast of ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ chats about new film

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy share what it’s like to revisit the Sanderson sisters and what surprises are in store.
5:06 | 09/29/22

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THANK YOU, LARA. >>> WE TURN TO THE "HOCUS POCUS" SEQUEL THAT PREMIERES TOMORROW. DEB ROBERTS SAT DOWN WITH THE SANDERSON SISTERS, BETTE MIDLER, SARAH JESSICA PARKER AND KATHY NAJIMY. >> WHAT A TREAT. A BEWITCHING TRIO OF WOMEN WHO HAVE COME TO DEFINE HALLOWEEN FOR A GENERATION OF KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS AND NOW WITH A NEW FILM COMING OUT AND, OF COURSE, THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THE OLD ONE TO BE SUCH A HIT BUT NOW WITH THE NEW ONE COMING OUT THREE DECADES LATER THOSE WITCHES ARE BACK READY TO STIR UP MORE MISCHIEF FOR A NEW CROWD OF KIDS. >> LOCK UP YOUR CHILDREN. SALEM, WE'RE BACK. >> Reporter: IT'S OFFICIAL. THE WITCHES ARE BACK. ♪ 'CAUSE THE WITCHES ARE BACK ♪ >> WHEN YOU POPPED IN THE TEETH, DID IT FEEL LIKE -- >> I'VE POPPED IN THOSE TEETH OVER THE YEARS MANY, MANY TIMES. >> IT'S BEEN ALMOST 30 YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL. >> IMAGINE. >> DON'T WE LOOK GOOD 30 YEARS LATER? >> I PUT A SPELL ON YOU. >> Reporter: IN THE 29 YEARS SINCE THEY CAST THEIR SPELL ON US ALL -- ♪ NOW YOU'RE MINE ♪ >> Reporter: "HOCUS POCUS" HAS DELIGHTED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS. OH, COME ON. JUST A BUNCH OF "HOCUS POCUS." >> Reporter: THE HOLLYWOOD STAPLE FOLLOWING THE SISTERS AS THE MAGICAL TRIO RAN AMOK IN SALEM. ♪ >> WHEN IT MIGRATED TO TELEVISION AND THEY PLAYED IT AT HALLOWEEN WEEK OR PLAYED IT THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN AND THEN THEY PLAYED IT THE WEEK OF HALLOWEEN THEN THEY PLAYED IT FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE AND THREE AND SUDDENLY IT WAS A FULL MONTH. >> IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SO GENER GENERATIONALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS GENERATION HAS GROWN UP AND HANDED IT OFF TO THEIR KIDS. THE OTHER THING I THINK IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE AUDIENCE IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE. >> DID ANY OF YOU HESITATE TO THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT AGAIN. >> I NEVER DID BECAUSE I HAD SUCH A BLAST THE FIRST TIME. >> WHEN IT FINALLY BECAME REAL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE ALL SAID YES IMMEDIATELY. >> I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT -- >> KATHY. >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? 30 YEARS HAS -- 30 YEARS HAVE PASSED. FOR YEARS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HER GIVING HER, TELLING HER YOU HAVE TO DO ANOTHER ONE. SHE REALLY KNOWS THE FANS. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM. THEY'RE LOVELY, SLIGHTLY SCARY BUT LOVELY PEOPLE. >> Reporter: IN THE LONG AWAITED SEQUEL, THE SANDERSON SISTERS PLAYED BY BETTE MIDLER, SARAH JESSICA PARKER AND KATHY NAJIMY CONJURE ALL THE CHARM AND MAGIC OF THE ORIGINAL FAN FAVORITE WITH A MODERN TWIST. >> WE MUST FLY. ♪ >> ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY, THIS FILM LOOKS MORE DIVERSE THAN THE ONE BEFORE. WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU THIS TIME AROUND? >> YEAH. >> IT WAS IMPORTANT. I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY. THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS GROWN UP WITH THIS FILM IS EVERYBODY. SO, OF COURSE, TO EVERYONE'S INTEREST AND EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY IN IT. >> THE BEST. >> Reporter: THE BOND WITH THE SANDERSON SISTERS IS SO CLEAR BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A CLEAR BOND WITH THE THREE OF YOU FORMED OVER YEARS WITH THIS. >> WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR 40 YEARS. >> 50 YEARS, FOR 60 YEARS. >> WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 78 YEARS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHO'S COUNTING. OKAY, 300. >> GROWING UP I WAS A FAN OF BETTE MIDLER AND SAW HER SO MANY TYPES SHE DIDN'T SEE ME. >> I SAW BETTE ON STAGE AT 13. I LOVED BETTE SO MUCH AND HAD THE SAME VOICE TEACHER AND I WOULD GO AFTER BETTE. MARGE WOULD DO -- ♪ I WOULD SIT OUT IN THE LOBBY WAITING AND BETTE WOULD LEAVE THEN MARGE WOULD LET ME DO WHATEVER VOCAL EXERCISES BETTE DID. >> YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT. >> FANS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR COST TRUMANS AND WHAT THEY WEAR. WHAT IS THAT LIKE SEEING THAT KIDS CONTINUE TO DON THESE COSTUMES EVERY HALLOWEEN? >> EVEN LAST NIGHT AT THE PREMIERE -- >> I COULD NOT BELIEVE. >> HUNDREDS. >> THEY LOOKED GREAT. DON'T THEY? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN ON SET AS YOU THREE SEEM TO. AM I RIGHT? >> YES. >> YEAH. >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN EVERY MOVIE WE EVER MADE BUT WE SURE DID HAVE A LOT OF FUN. >> Reporter: THEY COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING. FANS ARE COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS UNTIL THE NEXT CHAPTER OF "HOCUS POCUS" HITS DISNEY PLUS TOMORROW WHEN THE TRAILER DROPPED MORE THAN 40 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND FOR THE DIE-HARDS THERE IS EVEN A RECREATION OF THE SANDERSON COTTAGE IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, OFFERED AS AN AIRBNB SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS RIGHT AWAY.

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