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Winona Ryder Says ‘Beetlejuice’ Role Lydia “Was Hard To Imagine” As Adult
After first playing Lydia as a death-obsessed gothic teen in the original 1988 movie, Winona Ryder is back for Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'.
Although her hairstyle appears to have remained the same, Winona Ryder had her work cut out for her in updating the character of Lydia Deetz. “I think certainly, I never pictured Lydia either having children or in any type of relationship,” Ryder told Slash Film. She credited the casting of Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter Astrid and Justin Theroux as her boyfriend Rory with helping her shape the grown-up version of her character, who is now a TV personality.
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