to What took you so long?
[Questions about a sequel] have been asked from the very beginning, he said.
But nothing clicked and truly, it couldnt have happened until now.
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That was the character that I connected with … this teenager.
I remember [wondering], Well, what happened to this person 35 years later?
You know, its a bit like [documentary film]35 Up.
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And what relationships do you have?
Do you have kids and … whats your relationship with that?
So thats where it really started and it really could have only happened for me after all this time.
Later in the roundtable, he reiterated that point.
Only time can show you your own experience in life.
I couldnt have made that film before my father died.
I [could] only make that having those feelings that surprised me.
So its the same as this.
I loved working with those guys, Burton said.
I love the first [movie].
I loved all the cast.
It just felt like this is the way we did it [in the first movie.'
Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceopens September 6.
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