Catherine O’Hara‘s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to cost Justin Theroux was pronounced after his death.
“🕊️Oh Catherine You will be greatly missed,” Theroux, 54, wrote Instagramsharing a photo of O’Hara’s director’s chair.
Us Weekly he confirmed earlier Friday O’Hara died at the age of 71.
“Prolific multi-award winning actress, writer and comedian Catherine O’Hara died today at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness,” shared O’Hara’s agency, Creative Artists Agency. we in a statement. “The family will hold a private celebration of life.”
New details are being revealed about Catherine O’Hara’s sudden death. O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “after a brief illness,” her agency, Creative Artists Agency, said in a statement to Us Weekly on Friday, January 30. No further details were immediately available. The development comes shortly after O’Hara’s manager confirmed to us that (…)
O’Hara played Delia Deetz in 1988 Beetlejuice and in 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. In Tim Burton’s first film, Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones) and Delia Deetz (O’Hara) move into a haunted house with daughter Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder). Michael Keaton he played the titular spirit, Beetlejuice.
O’Hara reprized his role Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, where Lydia’s teenage daughter Astrid Deetz (played by Jenna Ortega) discovered a portal to the afterlife before Keaton’s Beetlejuice is summoned back. Theroux played Lydia’s boyfriend Rory in the sequel.
“(Tim Burton) told me he wanted to get that feeling back on set when he was still a new director, and there weren’t as many expectations,” O’Hara recalled. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in a parade interview published in September 2024. “Then he asked, ‘If you have any ideas, let me know.’ I had no idea, but then everything seemed to come together.”
She continued: “Tim says (the film is) about three generations of women. Now that I’ve seen the movie, I agree.”
Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Jones in ‘Beetlejuice’ 1988.
Warner Brothers / Courtesy of the Everett CollectionO’Hara also enjoyed making the sequel.
“It was fun! Tim was so excited and excited to do it, and that was contagious,” O’Hara said. parade at that time. “Everybody jumped and we kept saying, ‘Do you think we’re doing this?’ And seeing Michael’s face for the first time as Beetlejuice. Like, his character doesn’t have to age because he’s always been dead!”.
According to O’Hara, “it was lovely to think about where” the OG characters were in 2024.
“(The sequel) turned out to be good timing because the people who saw it the first time are now in an age of nostalgia,” he said. “If it had been done before, it wouldn’t have been the same. So I hope people are satisfied with what we’ve done because it’s been a fun experience, but let go of expectations. Pretend it’s your first time.”
Beetlejuice it was also the beginning of their love story good husbanda production designer who worked on the original film.
“It’s a lovely memory. My husband and I love to laugh,” she told the network. “If we could we’d laugh 50 times a day. Even when we fight, we’ll somehow say something to make fun of the other person, so you just have to laugh at how ridiculous we are.”
Besides Welch, O’Hara is survived by sons Matthew and Lukewho inherited their parents’ humor.
“Our kids are fun. They’re lovely. They’re both in the art department. One of them does the construction and the actual construction with a contractor,” she said, referring to Matthew. “He’s in Los Angeles and he’s learning how to build things that really have to stand the test of time, which is nice. (Luke) lives in Vancouver and is a window shop. There’s a lot of work for him there.”