Transcript for Cast of ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ chats about new film
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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