Speaking to News at the eagerly anticipated London premiere of his cult classic’s sequel, the director revealed that before heading into the set, Keaton “didn’t rehearse anything.”
It was as though he had entered a time warp because he simply appears and begins to perform all of that demon possession.
Although the director has gone on to create many more highly regarded films, such as Batman and Edward Scissorhands, his 1988 horror-comedy was so “out there” that it was the picture that put him firmly on Hollywood’s radar.
Even more crucial was reviving that early “art school irreverence”.
We shot it in a short amount of time, and each performer did their part by improvising daily, which is challenging when working with live effects.
The young actress, who told News that she is a huge fan of the 1988 film, acknowledged that filming the fan-pleasing scenes—in which she gets to lip sync songs—was “absolute chaos.”
There was a lot of creating and cooperating, and as actors, it was really encouraging that we were always making each other laugh.
