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Lauren Milici

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers explain the importance of not having too much Beetlejuice in the sequel: "He's literally the antagonist"

Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar say the key to writing the long-awaited sequel was cutting back on the Bio-Exorcist's screentime.

"I think that’s the trap that you could fall into," Gough tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Agatha All Along on the cover and hits newsstands on September 4. "You want to make Beetlejuice the lead, and he's not. He's literally the antagonist, an agent of chaos, who comes into the story. The movie's called Beetlejuice, right? So, I think there is always that instinct to try to do that, but we very much tried to stay true to the original."

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