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CountSarah Jessica Parker’s 13-year-old twins, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, among the millions who adore the 1993 Halloween classicHocus Pocus.
“They started watching this movie, I’m going to say about three years ago,” Parker, 57, says in this week’s issue of PEOPLE. So when theSex and the Cityalum reunited with original costarsBette Midler, 76, andKathy Najimy, 65, last year to film the sequel,Hocus Pocus 2, her daughters were thrilled.
“They were so excited to meet Bette and Kathy. Loretta kept asking me, ‘But wait, are we going to meet them as [their characters] Winnie and Mary? Or are we going to meet them as Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy?’ " says Parker, who also shares son James Wilkie, 19, with husbandMatthew Broderick, 60.
The girls traveled to the Providence, Rhode Island, set, where Midler and Najimy “were in full costume, but they were themselves, which was confounding in some ways,” continues Parker, adding that her girls were “super excited.”
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Midler, asked if she hammed it up for Loretta and Tabitha, replies, “One always hams. One hams it up as often as one possibly can. Isn’t that what life is about?”
The originalHocus Pocusstars Parker, Midler and Najimy as the Sanderson sisters, Sarah, Winifred and Mary, colonial-era witches who wreak havoc in modern-day Salem, Massachusetts. In the sequel, the sisters rise again when the magical black flame candle is lit.
ThoughHocus Pocushas gained an enthusiastic cult following over the years, Midler and Parker both reflected on how the film had a long road to success.
“Like Bette said, I didn’t realize its place in people’s lives for many years,” Parker adds in agreement. “Until it became abundantly clear that people had this relationship with it that wasn’t a passing fancy, it was a standing date every year. Then it was their kids. Then it was the gay community, and it just kept growing.”
Hocus Pocus 2is streaming on Disney+ Sept. 30.
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source: people.com
