Hocus Pocus' Sanderson Sisters, played by the ever-talented leading trio of Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, helped give this movie the cult following it has today. But did you know that Rosie O’Donnell could have been part of the original cast of the Halloween classic? The former host of The View explained why she turned down a major role in the fantasy-comedy movie.
If you could picture Rosie O’Donnell as one of the Sanderson Sisters, who would you pick? The temperamental Winnie who could carry out a tune, the crooked-smiled Mary who can ride a mean vacuum, or the child-luring Sarah? During her interview with The Hollywood Reporter, O’Donnell revealed which 17th-century witch she was this close to playing.
