Jenna Ortega & Winona Ryder Filming ‘Beetlejuice 2’ Wedding Scene

Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder — Image Credit: Ben Rosser/BFA.com/Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

BEETLEJUICE, key art, l-r: Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, 1988. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection — Image Credit: Ben Rosser/BFA.com/Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

Winona Ryder is the mom of the bride in new photographs from the set of the extremely anticipated Beetlejuice 2! In photos you possibly can SEE HERE through PEOPLE, Jenna Ortega, who performs Lydia Deetz’s daughter within the sequel, wore a silk and tulle wedding ceremony robe with a trench coat excessive. She additionally rocked chunky white platform boots with pink laces and a flowing veil, her darkish hair pulled into an updo. She smiled as she gathered up the layers of tulle and walked amongst crew members on the movie’s Hertfordshire, England set.

Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton — Winona is reprising her function as Lydia Deetz from the 1988 goth basic. (Warner Brothers /courtesy Everett Collection)

In different pics, all of which had been snapped Wednesday, July, 6, the Stranger Things star was seen snuggling up in a puffy black coat and matching Ugg boots as an MUA specialist labored on her hair. Her spiky, darkish brunette coiffure was a superb throwback to Tim Burton’s unique 1988 cult favourite.

Michael Keaton, who returns because the creepy Betelgeuse within the follow-up film, was nowhere to be seen in the newest on-set photographs. But the photographs had been nonetheless one other tantalizing glimpse of what’s to return, as fan’s sit up for the film’s September 2024 launch. Many take into account the Wednesday star’s casting a really perfect alternative for the daughter of the macabre Lydia.

Jenna Ortega — The ‘Wednesday’ star is enjoying Lydia’s daughter. (Ben Rosser/BFA.com/Shutterstock)

Winona, who was simply 16 on the time of the primary film’s premiere, as soon as opened up about how enjoying the now legendary character created challenges for her as a teen. “I remember thinking, ‘Ooh, it’s, like, the number-one movie,” she informed Marie Claire U.Ok again in 2017. “This is going to make things great at school. But it made things worse. They called me a witch.”

But she clearly had the final chortle. Lydia and Beetlejuice, which additionally starred Catherine O’Hara, Alec Baldwin, and Geena Davis, went on to grow to be a cult goth basic, extensively quoted and intensely beloved. The Heathers actress and 80s icon was first seen again in character for Beetlejuice 2 in May, wanting as pale and goth as ever.