Michael Keaton did not need Beetlejuice to be the principle character in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’.

The 72-year-old Hollywood star is reprising the enduring position for the upcoming sequel to the 1988 horror comedy basic, and earlier than agreeing to the comeback, he needed to make sure Beetlejuice wasn’t steering the story.

He informed GQ: “The thought was, no, no, no, you may’t load it up with Beetlejuice, that’ll kill it.”

He defined: “I believe the Beetlejuice character doesn’t drive the story as a lot as he did within the first one. He’s extra a part of the storyline on this one versus the primary one, which is a case of this factor is available in and drives the film a bit bit.”

Tim Burton’s character stays a “sicko”.

Keaton mentioned: “He’s a factor. He’s extra of a factor than a he or a she, he’s extra of an it.

“And I’m not saying ‘it’ to be politically right. I simply considered it as a drive greater than something. I imply, there’s undoubtedly sturdy male power, like silly male power, which I really like. You don’t need to contact that as a result of it’s not such as you go, ‘Effectively, it’s a brand new yr and this factor would now act like that.’”

Burton lately revealed the ‘Jack Frost’ star was “possessed by a demon” when he bought again into character.

The 65-year-old director and his co-stars discovered it surreal how he jumped proper again into his alter ego prefer it was yesterday after 36 years.

The ‘Edward Scissorhands’ filmmaker informed Empire journal: “It was like he was possessed by a demon, as a result of he simply went proper again into it.

Catherine O’Hara (Delia Deetz) mentioned: “It was insane. Insane.”

Jenna Ortega (Astrid Deetz) chimed in: “It was like an animal with a gun had simply walked into the room. To observe him bodily change and seem and Michael Keaton to be gone, and for me to be coping with this Beetlejuice man…It blew my thoughts.”

Keaton insisted on taking part in the identical model of the trickster ghost, which was tough contemplating how a lot “merchandising” there was of it since.

He defined: “There’s been a lot merchandising of it, I needed to drop again to the place it began.

“I needed to go, ‘What was my uncommon creativeness even eager about after I was growing it within the first place?’ Versus seeing a espresso mug or a golf-club cowl [adorned with Betelgeuse’s face].”

It was “off-putting” for him when he got here to channel the mischievous spirit once more.

Keaton added: “The ubiquity of Beetlejuice as a personality within the tradition created its personal challenges. “

That was f****** bizarre.

“To be trustworthy with you – I’m being very frank – it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don’t need to appear like all these little issues, f*** that – what was the factor that began this?’”